Inspirational Quotes
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason but for mystery, not for penetrating clear thought but for the whisperings of the irrational, not for science but for wizardry disguised as science, not for rationally founded influence but for magic.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
I light my candle from their torches.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
It's never too late.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
Old love does not rust.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
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.
The beginning is the half of every action.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Success is predictable.
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.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.