Inspirational Quotations | Page 2

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.

Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

He who stops being better stops being good.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

We adore chaos because we love to produce order.

We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't.

The true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Our attitude towards others determines their attitude towards us.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.