Inspirational Quotes
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
Be all you can be.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals, and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.
Count your blessings.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
My life is my message.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Ideas... they have the power
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.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
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.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
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.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
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.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Action is the antidote to despair.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Be the best that you can be.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.