Inspirational Quotes
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
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.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Live with passion.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
No involvement, no commitment.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
You're as old as you behave.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Keep the Faith.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Let thy words be few.