Inspirational Quotes
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
Great men are not always wise.
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.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
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.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Every human heart is human.
I am the captain of my soul.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
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.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
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.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
There is no substitute for hard work.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
Be who you are in every situation.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
We will either find a way or make one.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.