Inspirational Quotes
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
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.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Never say more than is necessary.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. Duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the truth.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.