Inspirational Quotes
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Honesty is the best image.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
You're as old as you behave.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
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.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Without a general an army is lost.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Change comes from within.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
This too, shall pass.
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.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
Experience is the best teacher.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Success is predictable.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
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.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Success is never wondering what if.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.