Inspirational Quotes
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
One man with courage is a majority.
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.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
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) .
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Life is what you make it.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
The best way out is always through.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Live your dreams.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
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.
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".
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.