Inspirational Quotes
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
It ain't over till it's over.
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.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
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.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Keep the Faith.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
The best things in life are free.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Live your life and forget your age.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
Children are all foreigners.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Slow but steady wins the race.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
They can because they think they can.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
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.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Security is a kind of death.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.