Inspirational Quotes
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
All work is empty save when there is love.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Actions speak louder than words.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
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.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Honesty is the best image.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Believe in yourself.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Do what you love and the money will follow
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Love sees roses without thorns.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Never Quit.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
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.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Live life with passion.
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."
Money without brains is always dangerous.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.