Inspirational Quotes
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Anything is possible.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
My life is my message.
In addition to self-awareness, imagination, and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment -- independent will -- that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
To go fast, row slowly.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Old love does not rust.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
He who stops being better stops being good.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Remove failure as an option.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
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.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
Grow deep - not just tall.
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.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
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.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
After your jump, the net appears.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".