Inspirational Quotes
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Happiness is a state of mind.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
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.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
To go fast, row slowly.
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.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Nothing succeeds like success.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.