Inspirational Quotes
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
God doesn't make junk.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
Never say die.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
To go fast, row slowly.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
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."
All work is empty save when there is love.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Laughter is the best medicine.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Attitude determines altitude.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Find the good -- and praise it.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
To ask the hard question is simple.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.