Inspirational Quotes
It's always darkest before the dawn.
A bold onset is half the battle.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
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.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
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.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
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. '
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Anything is possible.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
Never complain about what you permit.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
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.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
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.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
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.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
Follow your dreams.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.