Inspirational Quotes
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
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.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
It's always too soon to quit !
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
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.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Well done is better than well said.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
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.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
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.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
Every dog has his day.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Let thy words be few.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
Actions speak louder than words.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Old love does not rust.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
No involvement, no commitment.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.