Inspirational Quotes
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
Know thyself.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
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.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Every artist was first an amateur.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Success is a journey not a destination.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Be Here Now.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
The beginning is the half of every action.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
I light my candle from their torches.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Anything is possible.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
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''.