Inspirational Quotes
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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.
My friends are my estate.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Hope springs eternal.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Experience is the best teacher.
What ever you are be a good one.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Without a general an army is lost.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Those who laugh - last!!
The ready back gets all the loads.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
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.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.