Inspirational Quotes
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.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
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.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
If a man can realize his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a sin ? Nor, even when he has passed that stage, should he call it an error. Man is not traveling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To him all the religions from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress, and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength till it reaches the glorious sun.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Be the best that you can be.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
No pain, No gain.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
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.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.