Inspirational Quotes
Commit yourself to a dream... Nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Anything is possible.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
The key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Keep away from small 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.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Reach for the stars.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
You are what you think you are.
Children are all foreigners.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
There is no education like adversity.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
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.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals, and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
It ain't over till it's over.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.