Inspirational Quotes
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
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.
He who has hope has everything.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
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.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Be the best that you can be.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
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.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Live with passion !
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
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.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Hope springs eternal.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
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
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
You are what you think you are.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Never, never, never give up.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
My friends are my estate.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
None are homely who smile.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Embrace your inner voice.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.