Inspirational Quotes - DoolBug

Inspirational Quotes

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

Abraham Lincoln

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.

Mark Twain

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Margaret Thatcher

We get to make a living , we give to make a life.

Winston Churchill

My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.

Hebrew Proverb

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Winston Churchill

It is always your next move.

Napoleon Hill

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.

Swami Vivekananda

Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?

Jim Rohn

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

Thomas Carlyle

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

W. Clement Stone

The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.

Norman Vincent Peale

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

Michael Jordan

Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.

Swami Vivekananda

I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.

Mark Victor Hansen

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.

Margaret Laurence

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.

Swami Vivekananda

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.

Charles F. Kettering

Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.

Thomas Jefferson

First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.

Swami Vivekananda

Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:43-45

There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.

General Douglas MacArthur

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.

Anonymous

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.

Bruce Lee

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.

Theodore Roosevelt

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

W.C Fields

He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

Samuel Smiles

Never, never, never give up.

Winston Churchill

First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.

Epictetus

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Winston Churchill

Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.

Swami Vivekananda

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.

Anonymous

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations

George Bernard Shaw

Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.

Swami Vivekananda

What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?

John Milton

The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.

Thomas Edison

The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.

George Catlin

If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.

Master Yuanwu

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Mahatma Gandhi

The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation

Thomas Edison

They alone live, who live for others.

Swami Vivekananda

We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.

Desmond Tutu

To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.

James Thomas

Constant dripping hollows out a stone.

Lucretius

Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.

Aristotle

Embrace that small things lead to big things.

John P. Strelecky

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

John Andrew Holmes Jr.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Winston Churchill

There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.

Anonymous

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Albert Einstein

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

Brian Tracy

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.

Warren G. Bennis

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.

Bill Blackman

Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

George S. Patton

Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.

Henry David Thoreau

In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action

Aristotle

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Winston Churchill

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Francis of Assisi

Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.

Carlo Brumat

One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.

Harvey Mackay

Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.

Norman Vincent Peale

Every day in every way I am getting better and better.

Unknown

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Norman Vincent Peale

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.

Vince Lombardi

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Peter F. Drucker

When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

Napoleon Hill

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Winston Churchill

You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.

Aristotle

If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.

Maya Angelou

The cherokee people are not "my people".

Chief John Ross

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.

W. Clement Stone

Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Dale Carnegie

Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

Brian Tracy

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

Zig Ziglar

Only that day dawns to which we are awake.

Henry David Thoreau

There are few people who can manage more than their own business.

Martha Washington

I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.

Thomas Edison

Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.

Dennis Waitley

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.

Dale Carnegie

It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.

Winston Churchill

I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.

Bruce Lee

The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.

Swami Vivekananda

Embrace your inner voice.

John P. Strelecky

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

Thomas Edison