Inspirational Quotes
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
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.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
Do it now !
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
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.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
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.
You must motivate yourself every day.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".