Inspirational Quotes
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Hunker down.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
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.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
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.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
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.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Never stop dreaming.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
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.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
No pain, No gain.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
The best things in life are not things.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
Love sees roses without thorns.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
They can because they think they can.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Kindness is always fashionable.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.