Inspirational Quotes
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
They alone live, who live for others.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
He who stops being better stops being good.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
They can because they think they can.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Every dog has his day.
Success is never wondering what if.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Find the good -- and praise it.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
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.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.