Inspirational Quotes
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
No man is wise enough by himself.
You become what you think about.
Security is a kind of death.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
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.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
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.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Success is predictable.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
A bold onset is half the battle.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
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.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
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
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
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 ?
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
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.
Talkers are no good doers.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.