Inspirational Quotes
I light my candle from their torches.
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.
God doesn't make junk.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Never Quit.
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.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon Courage is the first of the human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all the others.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
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.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
There is no education like adversity.
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.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Happiness is a state of activity.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Begin with the end in mind.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
They can because they think they can.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.