Inspirational Quotes
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
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.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
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.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
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.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
Live life with passion.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Remove failure as an option.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Love sees roses without thorns.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Only the educated are free.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Live with passion !
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
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.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
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.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
You can observe a lot just by watching.