Inspirational Quotes - Page 211

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

In life we don't get what we want, we get in life what we are. If we want more we have to be able to be more, in order to be more you have to face rejection.

I will not try to run my own life or the lives of others; that is God's business.

Busy people are never busybodies.

We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies.

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it. You must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it.

You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude

Running is a road to self-awareness and reliance-you can push yourself to extremes and learn the harsh reality of your physical and mental limitations or coast quietly down a solitary path watching the earth spin beneath your feet.

I was relentless, even in the face of total lack of encouragement, because much more often than you'd think, sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.

To exist is to defy all that threatens you. To be a rebel is not to accumulate a library of subversive books or to dream of fantastic conspiracies or of taking to the hills. It is to make yourself your own law. To find in yourself what counts. To make sure that you’re never “cured” of your youth. To prefer to put everyone up against the wall rather than to remain supine. To pillage whatever can be converted to your law, without concern for appearance.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.

I'm a strong person, I'm a strong family man, I'm a strong husband and a strong father.

To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.

You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams.

Being your true self is the most effective formula for success there is.

Given the scale of life in the cosmos, one human life is no more than a tiny blip. Each one of us is a just visitor to this planet, a guest, who will only stay for a limited time. What greater folly could there be than to spend this short time alone, unhappy or in conflict with our companions? Far better, surely, to use our short time here in living a meaningful life, enriched by our sense of connection with others and being of service to them.

The point of life is happiness.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.

The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.

Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

Hard work does not guarantee success, but no work guarantees failure.

Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread--without it, it's flat.