Inspirational Quotes
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It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Change comes from within.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
We will either find a way or make one.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
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.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
The best things in life are free.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Let's roll.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.