Inspirational Quotes
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
We have not yet begun to fight.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
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.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
Children are all foreigners.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Nothing succeeds like success.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
You can do what you want to do.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Count your blessings.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Never say more than is necessary.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'