Inspirational Quotes
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Success is the child of audacity.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
They can because they think they can.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
Believe in yourself.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
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.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.