Inspirational Quotes
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
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.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
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.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
One man with courage is a majority.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
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.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
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.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
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.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.