Inspirational Quotes
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.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Let thy words be few.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
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.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
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.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
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.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
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.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Know thyself.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
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.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Don't water your weeds.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
Live your life and forget your age.
Never complain about what you permit.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
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.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
He who has great power should use it lightly.