Inspirational Quotes
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
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.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
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.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
We have not yet begun to fight.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
If you would create something, you must be something.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
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 is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
No involvement, no commitment.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
After your jump, the net appears.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
When I was a young man, I found out that if you hurt somebody, they'll leave you alone. When I tried to leave everybody alone and just do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I just decided, well, I've had enough of this picking. And there were like six young men still figuring they were going to mess with my head. And we went to war. To their surprise, I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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 !
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
High expectations are the key to everything.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
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.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.