Inspirational Quotes
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Faith can move mountains.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
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.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
Better late than never.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
You only get out what you put in.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
Do what you love and the money will follow
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that 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.
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.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
Attitude is everything.
The buck stops here.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
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.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.