Inspirational Quotes
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
There is no substitute for hard work.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
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.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Action is the antidote to despair.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
Change comes from within.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
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.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
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.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.