Inspirational Quotes
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
They can because they think they can.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
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.
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.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
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.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
Every human heart is human.
There is time for everything.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
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.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Slow but steady wins the race.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
The beginning is the half of every action.