Inspirational Quotes
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Adventure is worthwhile.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
The road to success is always under construction.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Experience is the best teacher.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
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.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
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.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Don't ever give up.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
After your jump, the net appears.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.