Inspirational Quotes
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Love sees roses without thorns.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
This is the beginning of a new day.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Life is what you make it.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
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.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
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
Your talent is god's gift to you.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
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.
Better late than never.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
They can because they think they can.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
Ideas... they have the power
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Know thyself.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
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.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
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.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.