Inspirational Quotes
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
Every cloud has a silver lining.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
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.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
Keep away from small 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.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Follow your dreams.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
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.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
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.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
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.
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.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Whatever you are be a good one.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.