Inspirational Quotes
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
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.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
It's never too late.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Live with passion.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
Ability is sexless.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
There is no substitute for hard work.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
The best things in life are not things.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.