Inspirational Quotes
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Never Quit.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Every human heart is human.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Where there's life, there's hope.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
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.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
It's never too late.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
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.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
God doesn't make junk.
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 means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
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.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
He who has hope has everything.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
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.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
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.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.