Inspirational Quotes
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
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.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
Reach for the stars.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
What ever you are be a good one.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
I am the captain of my soul.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.