Inspirational Quotes
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
If it is to be it is up to me.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
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.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
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.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
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.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Live life to the fullest.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
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.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.