Inspirational Quotes
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
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.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Every artist was first an amateur.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
Love sees roses without thorns.
Success is the child of audacity.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
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.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
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.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
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.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
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
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for 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.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Great men are not always wise.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Faith can move mountains.
Hard work pays off.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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.