Inspirational Quotes
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
All work is empty save when there is love.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
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.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
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.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Experience is the best teacher.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
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 entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
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.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it , they feel it, they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone''. Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.