Inspirational Quotes
Never say more than is necessary.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
You become what you think about.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Experience is the best teacher.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
You are what you think you are.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. quotes
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
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A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals, and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
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 ?
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
He who has hope has everything.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
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.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Grow deep - not just tall.
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 ?
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
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.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only