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Inspirational Quotes

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Winston Churchill

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.

John Stuart Mill

The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

Thomas Edison

Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.

George F. Will

The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.

Jean Piaget

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

Helen Keller

God is subtle but he is not malicious.

Albert Einstein

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Publilius Syrus

We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.

Earl Nightingale

Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.

Robert Half

Carpe diem.

Latin Proverb

The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

Anonymous

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.

Swami Vivekananda

We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.

Brian Tracy

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

Vince Lombardi

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

Albert Einstein

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Robert H. Schuller

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

Thomas Jefferson

Feel the fear and do it anyway.

Susan Jeffers

The crocodile is only strong in the water.

Angolan Proverb

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

Zig Ziglar

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.

Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Tom Peters

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

Andrew Carnegie

, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Anne Sophie Swetchine

Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.

Danish Proverb

I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.

Bruce Lee

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Socrates

Whatever you are be a good one.

Abraham Lincoln

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

Elbert Hubbard

I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

Michael Johnson

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.

Gorden B. Hinkley

From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.

Thomas Edison

Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.

Thomas Edison

The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.

Confucius

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

Elbert Hubbard

Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.

Emmanuel Swedenborg

Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

Margaret Thatcher

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.

Christy Borgeld

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anais Nin

Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.

Thomas Edison

God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.

Swami Vivekananda

A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.

Anonymous

Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.

Harvey Mackay

The road to success is always under construction.

Unknown

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.

Harvey Mackay

Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.

Thomas Carlyle

It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.

W. Mitchell

If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.

Su Shi

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela

A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.

John A. Shedd

The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.

Brian Koval

The show must go on.

Proverb

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.

Dennis Waitley

"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.

Joe Flacco

Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.

Stephen Covey

Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.

Earl Nightingale

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.

Mother Teresa

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

T.S. Eliot

Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.

Hermann Hesse

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Abraham Lincoln

There is time for everything.

Thomas Edison

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

Anthony Robbins

It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.

B.C. Forbes

From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.

Arthur Ashe

The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.

Albert Einstein

The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Allan K. Chalmers

I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.

Bruce Lee

A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.

Dennis Waitley

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

Ovid

Obstacles are great incentives.

Jules Michelet

The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.

Sequichie Comingdeer

Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.

French Proverb

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Oprah Winfrey

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Anonymous

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

William A. Ward

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?

Joe Namath

O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.

Walt Whitman

If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.

Somerset Maugham

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.

Peter A. Cohen

Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.

Mary MacCracken

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Dolly Parton

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

Brian Tracy

Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.

Albert Einstein

I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.

Thomas Edison

Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

John Keywood

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who hesitates is lost !

Proverb