Inspirational Quotes
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
My friends are my estate.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
Roll with the punches.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Procrastination is the thief of time.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Do it now !
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
To go fast, row slowly.
Without a general an army is lost.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Obstacles are great incentives.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.