Inspirational Quotes
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
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!
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Old love does not rust.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Love understands all languages.
You can do what you want to do.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
Don't think it, ink it.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Live your dreams.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
After your jump, the net appears.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.