Inspirational Quotes - Page 305

You are not hopeless. You are not helpless. Because there is a God who is alive and loves you!

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

There is a winner in you. You were created to be successful, to accomplish your goals, to leave your mark on this generation. You have greatness in you. The key is to get it out.

You're not really free until you're free from trying to please everybody.

Young people need to be inspired, told they can achieve anything they set their minds to.

On the way to work, concentrate on the way - not the work.

Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don't teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.' Wow! What a clever short cut.

Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Face your doubts. Master you fears.

Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all, other people can't stop you. Only you can stop you.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.

Love sinners, but hate their deeds, and do not disdain sinners for their failings, so that you yourself do not fall into the temptation in which they abide... Do not be angry at anyone and do not hate anyone, neither for their faith, nor for their shameful deeds... Do not foster hatred for the sinner, for we are all guilty... Hate his sins, and pray for him, so that you may be made like unto Christ, who had no dislike for sinners, but prayed for them.

Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.

You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.

So much has been given me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared...The longer we live, the more life we possess.

Desire is the thing you want in incipiency.

Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.

Some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. Some things are so sad that only your soul can do the crying for them.