Inspirational Quotes
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
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.
Above all to thine own self be true.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
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.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
I think therefore I am
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
Remove failure as an option.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Success is the child of audacity.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Happiness is a choice.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
Be Here Now.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Well done is better than well said.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Keep the Faith.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.