Inspirational Quotes
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
The buck stops here.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Be the best that you can be.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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.
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Strike while the iron is hot.
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.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Laughter is the best medicine.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
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.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
In addition to self-awareness, imagination, and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment -- independent will -- that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
Be Here Now.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!