Inspirational Quotes
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.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
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.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
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.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Never say more than is necessary.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
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.
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.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
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.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
"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.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
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.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Find the good -- and praise it.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration