Inspirational Quotes
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
This too, shall pass.
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.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
Know thyself.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
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.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.
There are no gains without pains.
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.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Children are all foreigners.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
They can because they think they can.
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 ? ''
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
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.
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
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.