Inspirational Quotes
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.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Above all to thine own self be true.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
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.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
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.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Never complain about what you permit.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
It's never too late.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.