Inspirational Quotes
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.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Great men are not always wise.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Follow your dreams.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Know thyself.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Be Here Now.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Don't water your weeds.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
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.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
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.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Pep without purpose is piffle.