Inspirational Quotes
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Make the second effort your second nature.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
The sun will come up tomorrow
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
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.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Live with passion.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Love understands all languages.
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.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Things do not change we change.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the 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.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
The show must go on.