Inspirational Quotes
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
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.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Don't water your weeds.
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.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
Seize the day.
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.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
You can observe a lot just by watching.
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.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
I light my candle from their torches.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Truth fears no questions.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Keep the Faith.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.