Inspirational Quotes
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
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.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
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.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
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.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
There is no education like adversity.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Follow your dreams.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
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.
Grow deep - not just tall.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
No involvement, no commitment.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
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.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Love sees roses without thorns.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
The buck stops here.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.