Inspirational Quotes
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
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'.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
My life is my message.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
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.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
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.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
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.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
The past does not equal the future.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
God doesn't make junk.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Success is a journey not a destination.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
We have not yet begun to fight.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
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 !
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
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.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
You always succeed in producing a result.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.