Inspirational Quotes
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Let thy words be few.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
My friends are my estate.
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.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
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".
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
Make the second effort your second nature.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
The past does not equal the future.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
Grow deep - not just tall.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
Do it now !
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
To ask the hard question is simple.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
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.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
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.
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.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.