Inspirational Quotes
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
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.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
No involvement, no commitment.
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.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Kind words conquer.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
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.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
May you live all the days of your life.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
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.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.