Inspirational Quotes
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
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.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage -- to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature -- is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Embrace your inner voice.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
Success is predictable.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
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 !
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Do what you love and the money will follow
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
Kind words conquer.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Keep the Faith.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
You are what you think you are.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
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.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
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.
Live your dreams.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
"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.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
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.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.