Inspirational Quotes
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
No involvement, no commitment.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Seize the day.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
Live your dreams.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
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.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Find the good -- and praise it.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Success leaves clues.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
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.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
There is time for everything.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
After your jump, the net appears.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.