Inspirational Quotes
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Be all you can be.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
In love beggar and king are equal.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
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.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Success is the child of audacity.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.