Inspirational Quotes
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
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.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
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
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
The beginning is the half of every action.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
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''.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
The best things in life are free.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
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.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not