Inspirational Quotes
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
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.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Ideas... they have the power
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."
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.