Inspirational Quotes
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
My friends are my estate.
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.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Don't think it, ink it.
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.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
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.
Think and grow rich.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Embrace your inner voice.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
It's always darkest before the dawn.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
We must be the change we wish to see.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
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.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
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.
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 United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
In addition to self-awareness, imagination, and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment -- independent will -- that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.