Inspirational Quotes
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
Let's roll.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
They alone live, who live for others.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Reach for the stars.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
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.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Better late than never.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
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.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
Adventure is worthwhile.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
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''.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.