Inspirational Quotes
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
This is the beginning of a new day.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
They can because they think they can.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Hard work pays off.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
You can do what you want to do.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
God doesn't make junk.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Without a general an army is lost.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
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.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
You're as old as you behave.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Never say more than is necessary.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Success is predictable.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
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.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.