Inspirational Quotes
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Never, never, never give up.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
The road to success is always under construction.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
No man is wise enough by himself.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
A bold onset is half the battle.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
You always succeed in producing a result.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Many hands make light work.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it , they feel it, they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone''. Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Don't think it, ink it.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
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.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
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.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
The successful man is the average man, focused.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.