Inspirational Quotes
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Live your life and forget your age.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Ability is sexless.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
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.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
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.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
They can because they think they can.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Success is the child of audacity.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
What ever you are be a good one.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
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.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
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.
I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.