Inspirational Quotes
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
To ask the hard question is simple.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
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.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Great men are not always wise.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
This too, shall pass.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Every dog has his day.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
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.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
Believe in yourself.
Kind words conquer.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.