Inspirational Quotes
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.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
For with god all things are possible.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
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.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
What a great feeling to look back on what you've already climbed What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
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.
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.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Success is the child of audacity.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
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.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed