Inspirational Quotes
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
None are homely who smile.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
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.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
Practice makes perfect.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
Carpe diem.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
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.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
All work is empty save when there is love.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
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.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
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.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
After your jump, the net appears.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
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.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.