Inspirational Quotes
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Don't think it, ink it.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
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.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
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.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Reach for the stars.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Life is what you make it.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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.