Inspirational Quotes
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
Embrace your inner voice.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Ability is sexless.
Know thyself.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
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.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
You're as old as you behave.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
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.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.