Inspirational Quotes
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Our intentions create our reality.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
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.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Don't think it, ink it.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
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.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
Kindness is always fashionable.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
A bold onset is half the battle.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
In love beggar and king are equal.
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.
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.
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.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Kind words conquer.
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.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
Live your dreams.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Every human heart is human.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
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.
Love conquers all.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.