Inspirational Quotes
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Anything is possible.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Hunker down.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Find the good -- and praise it.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
To go fast, row slowly.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
Fortune favors the brave.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
The world belongs to the energetic.
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.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage -- to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature -- is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
I light my candle from their torches.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
In imagination, there's no limitation.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Change comes from within.
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 listener does not hear. quotes
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Love conquers all.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.