Inspirational Quotes
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
You must motivate yourself every day.
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.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
Keep the Faith.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The truth is more important than the facts.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
If it is to be it is up to me.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
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.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
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
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
Ability is sexless.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.