Inspirational Quotes
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Live with passion.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Kind words conquer.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Only the educated are free.