Inspirational Quotes
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
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.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
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.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
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.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Embrace your inner voice.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Every dog has his day.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Be all you can be.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
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.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.