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Inspirational Quotes

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

General Douglas MacArthur

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

Henry Ford

To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.

Thomas Edison

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Unknown

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

Earl Nightingale

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.

Yogi Berra

Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.

Thomas Jefferson

Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.

Harvey Mackay

Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

Swami Vivekananda

The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.

Danish Proverb

Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.

Voltaire

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Walter Winchell

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character

Stephen Covey

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Mary Shelley

The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.

Abb D'Allanival

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.

St. Francis De Sales

Think and grow rich.

Napoleon Hill

As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

Michael Johnson

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

Thomas Jefferson

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Norman Vincent Peale

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

Napoleon Hill

Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.

Mother Teresa

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

Muhamed Ali

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.

Azim Premji

I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.

Thomas Edison

Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.

Rene Dubos

The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.

Anonymous

Success is the child of audacity.

Benjamin Disraeli

Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !

Lewis Carroll

When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.

Unattributed

No one became poor by giving alms.

French Proverb

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Anonymous

There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.

Robert Woodruff

Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.

Stephen Covey

The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.

Swami Vivekananda

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

Margaret Mead

Our first journey is to find that special place for us.

Jim Rohn

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Elbert Hubbard

The search for someone to blame is always successful.

Robert Half

Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.

Robert H. Schuller

Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.

Hasidic Proverb

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Albert Einstein

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.

Karl Jaspers

Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".

Jim Rohn

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Jim Rohn

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.

Marcel Proust

Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.

Donald Trump

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.

Harvey Mackay

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

Norman Vincent Peale

If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.

Anna Quindlen

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

Thomas Jefferson

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Confucius

Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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.

Thomas Edison

The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.

Joseph Ray

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.

Stephen Covey

Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.

Albert Einstein

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Albert Einstein

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.

Matthew 5:9

Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind

Earl Nightingale

Only the educated are free.

Epictetus

The crocodile is only strong in the water.

Angolan Proverb

There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

Alfred North Whitehead

We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.

Anthony Robbins

The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.

Anonymous

Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.

Swami Vivekananda

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.

Anatole France

Know thyself.

Socrates

The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.

Anonymous

Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.

Christy Borgeld

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?

Henry David Thoreau

The time is always right to do what is right.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Thomas Jefferson

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

John Quincy Adams

Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.

Anonymous

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.

Bernard M. Baruch

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

Brian Tracy

The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.

Leonard Nimoy

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

Anthony Robbins

All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.

Henry David Thoreau

Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.

Marsha Sinetar

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

John Keywood

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.

Philippians 4: 4-7