Inspirational Quotes
Nothing succeeds like success.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
My friends are my estate.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Change comes from within.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
To ask the hard question is simple.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
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.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
If you would create something, you must be something.
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.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
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.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
There are no gains without pains.
Attitude determines altitude.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Ability is sexless.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
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.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
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.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
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.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.