Inspirational Quotes
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
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.
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.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
Carpe diem.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.