Inspirational Quotes
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Honesty is the best image.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
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.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Security is a kind of death.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
The way we see the problem is the problem.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?