Inspirational Quotes
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
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.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
If it is to be it is up to me.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
Don't water your weeds.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
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.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
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.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
Laughter is the best medicine.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Live your dreams.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Don't think it, ink it.