Top 100 Inspirational Quotes

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Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon ...2

Sometimes you have to smile by faith. If you'll smile by faith, soon the joy will follow.

3

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

4

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

5

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

6

Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.

7

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

8

My American gay audience have continued to dance and sing to the music I make in a way that straight Americans haven't. I am grateful to them for that.

9

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

10

I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?

11

It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.

12

If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone. I should seek in vain for the light that does not visit my eyes and the music that does not ring in my ears. I should beg night and day and never be satisfied. I should sit apart in awful solitude, a prey to fear and despair. But since I consider it a duty to myself and to others to be happy, I escape a misery worse than any physical deprivation.

13

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

14

To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.

15

I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him.

16

It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree.

17

I graduated a the top of my class in the '84 Olympic Games; I won a gold medal.

18

Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

19

Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.

20

First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.

21

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.

22

The real people nation have for centuries had the practice at birth of speaking the same first phrase to all newborns. Each person hears the same exact first human words: "We love you and support you on the journey." At their final celebration, everyone hugs them and repeats the phrase again.

23

I wish I could get all the discourteous drivers on a ship and sail them away and make sure it's a really horrible, wavy journey and when they get to where they're going, keep them there.

24

Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit.

25

The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.

26

Open your heart - open it wide; someone is standing outside.

27

Sometimes when learning comes before experience It doesn't make sense right away.

28

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.

29

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

30

A perfect marriage is one in which "I'm sorry" is said just often enough.

31

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.

32

Man emulates earth Earth emulates heaven Heaven emulates the Way The way emulates nature.

33

Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.

34

Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

35

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

36

Make peace with your past - so it won't spoil the present!

37

One cannot reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

38

A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.

39

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

40

With kids, the days are long, but the years are short.

41

Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them.

42

The relationship between officers and men should in no sense be that of superior and inferior, nor that of master and servant, but rather that of teacher and scholar. In fact, it should partake of the nature of the relationship between father and son, to the extent that officers, especially commanding officers, are responsible for the physical, mental, and moral welfare, as well as the discipline and military training of the young men under their command.

43

Men are like plants; the goodness and flavor of the fruit proceeds from the peculiar soil and exposition in which they grow. We are nothing but what we derive from the air we breathe, the climate we inhabit, the government we obey, the system of religion we profess, and the nature of our employment.

44

Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

45

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

46

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

47

So long as there is breath in me, that long I will persist. For now I know one of the greatest principles on success; if I persist long enough I will win.

48

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.

49

Impatience never commanded success.

50

The single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It's simple: to master money, you must manage money.

51

There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice without success it is because someone will succeed after.

52

The key to success for everything in business, science and technology is never to follow the others.

53

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

54

A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.

55

Gratitude is absolutely the way to bring more into your life

56

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

57

Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity. Do not misunderstand me danger is very real but fear is a choice.

58

The hallmark of an authentic evangelicalism is not the uncritical repetition of old traditions but the willingness to submit every tradition, however ancient, to fresh biblical scrutiny and, if necessary, reform.

59

I grew up on the beach and played side-out scoring all my life, but rally scoring is better for our sport. There is pressure on every play. You can't make a mistake, but that also means your opponent can't make a mistake. It makes the matches more exciting to watch.

60

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.

61

If you are not prepared, you cannot work out intensely. If you do not perform, you cannot get results, and if you can't do your best to recover, you won't get the benefits of your hard work.

62

Wise elders will likely be those individuals who stay both mentally and physically vital throughout life.

63

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

64

For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.

65

Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of biliousness,exercise, go slow and go easy. May be there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these, i reckon, will give you a good life.

66

Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.

67

Karaoke is the great equalizer.

68

On how to make the game more exciting - Eliminate the referees, raise the basket four feet, double the size of the basketball, limit the height of the players to 5 feet 9 inches, bring back the centre jump, allow taxi drivers in for free and allow the players to carry guns.

69

You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

70

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

71

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

72

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

73

Love is a better teacher than duty.

74

Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

75

In spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody. The essential substance of every thought and feeling remains incommunicable, locked up in the impenetrable strong-room of the individual soul and body. Our life is a sentence of perpetual solitary confinement.

76

Myths grow all the time. If I was to listen to the number of times I've thrown teacups then we've gone through some crockery in this place. It's completely exaggerated, but I don't like people arguing back with me.

77

He was taking 30 seconds to book a player. He was needing a rest. It was ridiculous.

78

If ever there was one player, anywhere in the world, that was made for Manchester United, it was Cantona. He swaggered in, stuck his chest out, raised his head and surveyed everything as though he was asking: 'I'm Cantona. How big are you? Are you big enough for me?'

79

I find beauty in melancholy.

80

Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part: there all the honor lies.

81

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

82

To worry is to add another hazard.

83

Our ideals are our better selves.

84

Nothing good ever happens in a blackout. I've never woken up and been like, 'What is this Pilates mat doing out?'

85

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

86

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

87

When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.

88

You have to be willing to get happy about nothing.

89

Be Here Now is all about being present and not fearing what you don't know.

90

The answer to having a better life is not about getting a better life, it's just about changing how we see the one we have right now.

91

Without pain, there would be no suffering, without suffering we would never learn from our mistakes. To make it right, pain and suffering is the key to all windows, without it, there is no way of life.

92

Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere.

93

The rose that with you earthly eyes you see, has flowered in God from all eternity.

94

As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?

95

People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.

96

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.

97

Paper has more patience than people.

98

A big heart is both a clunky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can see the soul pulse through.

99

Your unconscious can't work when you are breathing down its neck.

100

When the heart is flooded with love there is no room in it for fear, for doubt, for hesitation.

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