Inspirational Quotes
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
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.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
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.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Ability is sexless.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
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.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
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.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
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In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
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.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
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.
Success is never wondering what if.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.