Inspirational Quotes
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
I think therefore I am
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.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
It ain't over till it's over.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Actions speak louder than words.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
Fortune favors the brave.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
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.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.