Inspirational Quotes
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
May you live all the days of your life.
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.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
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.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Embrace your inner voice.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
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.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Think and grow rich.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
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.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Hope springs eternal.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Ideas... they have the power
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
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.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
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.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Talkers are no good doers.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
We must be the change we wish to see.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.