Inspirational Quotes
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.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't it's almost a cinch you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Roll with the punches.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
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.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
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.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
My life is my message.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
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.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Every artist was first an amateur.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
My friends are my estate.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.