Inspirational Quotes
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Ideas without action are worthless.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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 ?
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
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.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Be who you are in every situation.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
None are homely who smile.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Roll with the punches.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
No pain, No gain.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Do what you love and the money will follow
To go fast, row slowly.
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.