Inspirational Quotes
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
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.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
The truth is more important than the facts.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
Grow deep - not just tall.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
Success is predictable.
Action is the antidote to despair.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
No pain, No gain.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
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.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Carpe diem.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
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.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
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.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Many hands make light work.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Anything is possible.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.