Inspirational Quotes
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
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.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
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.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
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.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Never say more than is necessary.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
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.