Inspirational Quotes
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Hard work pays off.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
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.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
Where there's life, there's hope.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
He who hesitates is lost !
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
None are homely who smile.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Don't quit.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Live life to the fullest.
Love understands all languages.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.