Inspirational Quotes
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
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.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
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.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Every artist was first an amateur.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
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 !
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
In love beggar and king are equal.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Kindness is always fashionable.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
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.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Make the second effort your second nature.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
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.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Anything is possible.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
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.
Ideas without action are worthless.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.