Inspirational Quotes
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Change comes from within.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
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.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Old love does not rust.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Be Here Now.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Never spend your money before you have it.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
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.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
We have not yet begun to fight.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.