Inspirational Quotes
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
Hard work pays off.
Where there's life, there's hope.
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
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.
There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason but for mystery, not for penetrating clear thought but for the whisperings of the irrational, not for science but for wizardry disguised as science, not for rationally founded influence but for magic.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
Live your life and forget your age.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
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.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Laughter is the best medicine.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Great men are not always wise.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.