Inspirational Quotes
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
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.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Hunker down.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
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.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
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.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
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.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Truth fears no questions.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
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.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
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.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.