Inspirational Quotes
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Live your dreams.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
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.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
May you live all the days of your life.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
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.
The book you don't read cant help.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
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.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
I am the captain of my soul.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
We have not yet begun to fight.
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.