Inspirational Quotes
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
He who has hope has everything.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Remove failure as an option.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
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.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
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.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
They can because they think they can.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Grow deep - not just tall.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
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.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
The time is always right to do what is right.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
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 pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
It is always your next move.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
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.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.