Inspirational Quotes
How far you go in life depends on you 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.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
Our intentions create our reality.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Live with passion.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
It ain't over till it's over.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Security is a kind of death.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
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.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
You can do what you want to do.
Success is a journey not a destination.
No pain, No gain.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
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.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.