Inspirational Quotes
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
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."
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
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.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
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.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Ability is sexless.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
It's always too soon to quit !
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Never Quit.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
We will either find a way or make one.
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.