Inspirational Quotes
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Seize the day.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
The road to success is always under construction.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
No involvement, no commitment.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
It's always too soon to quit !
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
The time is always right to do what is right.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
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.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.