Inspirational Quotes
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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!
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
A leader is a dealer in hope.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
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.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
Change your thoughts, change your life.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Don't think it, ink it.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Children are all foreigners.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Grow deep - not just tall.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.