Inspirational Quotes
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Do it now !
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
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.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
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.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
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.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Well done is better than well said.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Be the best that you can be.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
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.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Every dog has his day.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Happiness is a state of activity.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
It's always too soon to quit !
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.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.