Inspirational Quotes
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Remove failure as an option.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Every artist was first an amateur.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
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.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
No pain, No gain.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
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.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
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.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
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.
My life is my message.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
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.
The "Inside-Out" approach to personal and self , even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self - with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
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.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
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.
One man with courage is a majority.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
You are what you think you are.
For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. There are also things, harmful attitudes, superstitions, and emotions that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.