Inspirational Quotes
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
Love conquers all.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. Duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the truth.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Security is a kind of death.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Happiness is a state of mind.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
After your jump, the net appears.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
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.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Roll with the punches.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
Truth fears no questions.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
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.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Let thy words be few.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
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.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
A bold onset is half the battle.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
Think and grow rich.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.