Inspirational Quotes
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Don't water your weeds.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Live life with passion.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
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.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
To go fast, row slowly.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
Live with passion.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
It ain't over till it's over.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
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.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
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.
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.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
You are what you think you are.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
Reach for the stars.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Only the educated are free.