Inspirational Quotes
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
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.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
The ready back gets all the loads.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
Never Quit.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
If there is a will, there is a way.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
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.
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Action is the antidote to despair.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Know thyself.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
Seize the day.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
You're as old as you behave.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Every human heart is human.
God doesn't make junk.
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.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.