Inspirational Quotes
Never say more than is necessary.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Be who you are in every situation.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Ideas... they have the power
Every human heart is human.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
If it is to be it is up to me.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
But we can not avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them.
The truth is more important than the facts.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
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.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
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.
Every artist was first an amateur.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
May you live all the days of your life.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
No pain, No gain.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.