Inspirational Quotes
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
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.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
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.
Ideas... they have the power
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Make the second effort your second nature.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Learning is definitely not mere imitation or the ability to accumulate and conform to fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery and never a concluding one. In JKD we begin not by accumulation but by discovering the cause of our ignorance, and oftentimes this involves a shedding process. Truth will not come until we have come to understand personally the whole process of the working of our being. After all, ultimately, knowledge in martial art simply means self-knowledge, and JKD can become intelligible only in the vigorous and constant process of self-inquiry and self-discovery.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
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.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
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.
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.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Don't think it, ink it.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
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.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.