Inspirational Quotes
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.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Whatever it takes !
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
You become what you think about.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
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.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
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.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Anything is possible.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
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.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
God doesn't make junk.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
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.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
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
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
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 real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.