Inspirational Quotes
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
You can do what you want to do.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Security is a kind of death.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
The show must go on.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
But we can not avoid conflict, conflict with society, other individuals and with oneself. Conflicts may be the sources of defeat, lost life and a limitation of our potentiality but they may also lead to greater depth of living and the birth of more far-reaching unities, which flourish in the tensions that engender them.
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.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.