Inspirational Quotes
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
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.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Fortune favors the brave.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
High expectations are the key to everything.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
You are what you think you are.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
A bold onset is half the battle.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
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.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
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.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
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.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
Honesty is the best image.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
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.
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter