Inspirational Quotes
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Roll with the punches.
Well done is better than well said.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
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.
Above all to thine own self be true.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Reach for the stars.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
Live life to the fullest.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
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.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !