Inspirational Quotes - Page 316

Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.

Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

If the work is high and far, You must not only aim aright, But draw the bow with all your might.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.

The peace process we all aim for will not necessarily be a result of the mere signing of a treaty or agreement. It must become a matter of our everyday lives, so that peace settles and lasts and becomes supported by everybody. We therefore have to give peace all the required care and preserve it and promote it.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I can go everywhere with a good feeling.

Choose to chance the rapids and dare to dance the tide.

Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable, but desirable. They mean growth. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

The earth has a skin and that skin has diseases; one of its diseases is called man.

Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength.

We are born to create, and we can't help it. Why is that? Because God, the great Creator, is in us.

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.

Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.

I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.

As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.

I consider myself a pathfinder. I have been excavating the jungle and making the road for others to walk. I like to be the first in everything I do.

Resistance is a powerful motivator precisely because it enables us to fulfill our longing to achieve our goals while letting us boldly recognize and name the obstacles to those achievements.

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

I just want people to see me as a hard-working footballer and someone who is passionate about the game.

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all?

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us.