Inspirational Quotes
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.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
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.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Live life with passion.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Never, never, never give up.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
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.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
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.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
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.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. quotes
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
No one became poor by giving alms.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.