Inspirational Quotes
You can observe a lot just by watching.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
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.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
You become what you think about.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Roll with the punches.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Attitude determines altitude.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Every artist was first an amateur.
There is no substitute for hard work.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.