Inspirational Quotes
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
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.
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.
Ability is sexless.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
Don't fear, just live right.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
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.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
It ain't over till it's over.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Whatever you are be a good one.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
Make the second effort your second nature.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
To ask the hard question is simple.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
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.
Great men are not always wise.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Laughter is the best medicine.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
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.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Let's roll.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.