Inspirational Quotes
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Don't think it, ink it.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Our intentions create our reality.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
The buck stops here.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Be Here Now.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
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'.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
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.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
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.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
You become what you think about.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Those who laugh - last!!
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Live with passion !
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
Roll with the punches.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.