Inspirational Quotes
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
One man with courage is a majority.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
The beginning is the half of every action.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
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.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
Begin with the end in mind.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
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.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
Follow your dreams.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
In addition to self-awareness, imagination, and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment -- independent will -- that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
They are able because they think they are able.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
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.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Success is a journey not a destination.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Ideas without action are worthless.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.