Inspirational Quotes
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Practice makes perfect.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.