Inspirational Quotes
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
We must be the change we wish to see.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
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
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
Love understands all languages.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
Believe in yourself.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
No pain, No gain.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Don't quit.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
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.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
What ever you are be a good one.
Happiness is a choice.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
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.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it , they feel it, they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone''. Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Whatever it takes !
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
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.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."