Inspirational Quotes
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
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.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
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.
Slow but steady wins the race.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
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.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
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 person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
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.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
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.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
There is time for everything.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
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.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Live your life and forget your age.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Success is never wondering what if.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Love conquers all.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
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.