Inspirational Quotes
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Make the second effort your second nature.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Learning is definitely not mere imitation or the ability to accumulate and conform to fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery and never a concluding one. In JKD we begin not by accumulation but by discovering the cause of our ignorance, and oftentimes this involves a shedding process. Truth will not come until we have come to understand personally the whole process of the working of our being. After all, ultimately, knowledge in martial art simply means self-knowledge, and JKD can become intelligible only in the vigorous and constant process of self-inquiry and self-discovery.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
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.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
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.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Truth fears no questions.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
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
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
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.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Happiness is a state of activity.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
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.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
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.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.