Inspirational Quotes
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Nothing succeeds like success.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
All work is empty save when there is love.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
Don't ever give up.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
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.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
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.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
It's never too late.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
Truth fears no questions.
Actions speak louder than words.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
He who hesitates is lost.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
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.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
God doesn't make junk.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
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.