Inspirational Quotes
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Hard work pays off.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
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.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
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.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
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.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
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.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
If it is to be it is up to me.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
To ask the hard question is simple.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
If there is a will, there is a way.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.