Inspirational Quotes
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Kind words conquer.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
Strike while the iron is hot.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
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".
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
They can because they think they can.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
You're as old as you behave.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
God doesn't make junk.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
We come to beginnings only at the end.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
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.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Practice makes perfect.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
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.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
The road to success is always under construction.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
You only get out what you put in.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.