Inspirational Quotes - Page 204

You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

Did I really want to stay on this road longer, knowing it was only going to end in devastation?

When you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them.

Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

I am a part of all that I have met.

Charm is a way of getting the answer 'Yes' without asking a clear question.

Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.

I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralyzed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something - a great deal - to do with how we live our lives.

Music isn`t for the eyes, it`s for the ears

No one who appreciates the shortness of this life and the eternality of the next can ever say, 'I'm bored'

You always have to remember that bullies want to bring you down because you have something that they admire. Also, when you get made fun of-when people point out your weaknesses, it's an opportunity for you to rise above.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

Let every man be master of his time.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony.

Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.

We become what we think about all day long. The qustion is, "What do you think about?"

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

Don't cross oceans for people who wouldn't cross a puddle for you.

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.