Inspirational Quotes
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.
Truth fears no questions.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Live with passion.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Keep away from 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.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
I think therefore I am
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
They are able because they think they are able.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
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.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
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.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
A bold onset is half the battle.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it , they feel it, they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone''. Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.