Inspirational Quotes
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Be who you are in every situation.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
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.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Our intentions create our reality.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
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.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Love understands all languages.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
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.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
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.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
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.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Kind words conquer.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
To ask the hard question is simple.
If it is to be it is up to me.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.