Inspirational Quotes
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
It's always too soon to quit !
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
High expectations are the key to everything.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
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.
Remove failure as an option.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
The successful man is the average man, focused.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
No man is wise enough by himself.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
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.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
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.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
To ask the hard question is simple.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Do or do not, there is no try.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Whatever it takes !
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.