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.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
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.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
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 !
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
You create your reality.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
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.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
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.
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.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Many hands make light work.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Fortune favors the brave.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.