Inspirational Quotes
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
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.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
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.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
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.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
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.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
Grow deep - not just tall.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.