Inspirational Quotes
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
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.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Success is a journey not a destination.
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.
Kindness is always fashionable.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Whatever it takes !
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
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.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
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.
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.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
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.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
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.
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.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
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.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
We have not yet begun to fight.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Hard work pays off.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.