Inspirational Quotes
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Let thy words be few.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
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.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
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.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
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, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
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.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Attitude determines altitude.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
Change comes from within.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Live life with passion.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
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 ?'
Never stop dreaming.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.