Inspirational Quotes
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
You're as old as you behave.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
"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.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Actions speak louder than words.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
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.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Never say more than is necessary.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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.
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.
When I was a young man, I found out that if you hurt somebody, they'll leave you alone. When I tried to leave everybody alone and just do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I just decided, well, I've had enough of this picking. And there were like six young men still figuring they were going to mess with my head. And we went to war. To their surprise, I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
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''.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Every dog has his day.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Truth fears no questions.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.