Inspirational Quotes
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
The "Inside-Out" approach to personal and self , even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self - with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
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.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals, and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
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.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Every human heart is human.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
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.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
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.
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 speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
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.
Experience is the best teacher.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.