Inspirational Quotes
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
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.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
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.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
We must be the change we wish to see.
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Ability is sexless.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
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.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
No involvement, no commitment.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
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.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.