Inspirational Quotes
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
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.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Hope springs eternal.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Ideas... they have the power
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
No man is wise enough by himself.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. Duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the truth.
It's always too soon to quit !
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
You only get out what you put in.
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.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
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.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
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.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.