Inspirational Quotes
Carpe diem.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
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.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
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 key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Our intentions create our reality.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
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.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.
Better late than never.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
You only get out what you put in.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
You always succeed in producing a result.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
It's never too late.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
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.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
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.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Never complain about what you permit.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
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.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !