Inspirational Quotes
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
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.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
It's never too late.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
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.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Grow deep - not just tall.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
A bold onset is half the battle.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
The best way out is always through.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
We will either find a way or make one.