Inspirational Quotes
We have not yet begun to fight.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
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.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Practice makes perfect.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
Be who you are in every situation.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
No pain, No gain.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Don't quit.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
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.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.