Inspirational Quotes

If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.

When a customer enters my store, forget me. He is king.

Success is a state of mind, waiting for action.

In five years I have never had a match where my team has had less possession than the opponents.

If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.

Perhaps some of us have to go through dark and devious ways before we can find the river of peace or the highroad to the soul's destination.

Never worry about bad press. All that matters is if they spell your name right.

I can't give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma.

Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Most people ask questions because they want to know the answer; lawyers are trained never to ask questions unless they already know the answer.

Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.

That's what our work can do: we remind people that things can change, that wounds can heal, that people can be forgiven, and that closed hearts can open again.

Just as iron rusts from disuse... even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

When it comes to success, it will come when it comes. A delay does not mean a denial.

If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.

'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.

The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.

Do what you will. Even if you tear yourself apart, most people will continue doing the same things.

When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.

Forget the pain. Learn to endure. Focus your attention elsewhere.

I'm just about that action, boss. I ain't ever see no talking win me nothin'.

You will only get out of a dance class what you bring to it. Learn by practice.

Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?

You can go as far as your mind lets you.

On poetry: Everyone wants to know what it means. But nobody is asking, How does it feel?

Find joy in the ordinary.

Humility and suffering free a man from all sin; for the first cuts out spiritual passions, and the latter bodily.

Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.

Learn to become still. And to take your attention away from what you don't want, and all the emotional charge around it, and place your attention on what you wish to experience.

Do you live in a mine field or a garden? When we live in a minefield mentality, we explode with the weeds of worry, doubt, fear, lack and limitation. Choose to cultivate your inner garden!

Grow deep roots to harvest rich fruit! When your roots run deep, you cannot help but bear the fruit of the Spirit.

I'm never satisfied with what I do. I always think I can do it a lot better.

Failure makes me work even harder.

The key to success is failure

Awareness is a key ingredient in success. If you have it, teach it, if you lack it, seek it.

By taking the time to live life in the slow lane, we quickly experience a deeper, more profound experience of contentment.

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.

Let the music diffuse all the tension.

Ask for what you want, but be willing to take what God gives you. It may be better than what you asked for.

Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.

True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.

When it comes time to teach, teach from your experience. Go out and do, learn from the doing, then teach from the knowing.

All thought begins with the recognition that something is out of place.

The state of life is most happy where superfluities are not required and necessities are not wanting.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.