Inspirational Quotes
You always succeed in producing a result.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
Attitude determines altitude.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
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.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
The buck stops here.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
They can because they think they can.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
You're as old as you behave.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
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
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.