Inspirational Quotes
We will either find a way or make one.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
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 ? ''
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
There is time for everything.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Let's roll.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
Our intentions create our reality.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
I light my candle from their torches.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
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.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Live your dreams.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.