Famous Inspirational Quotes

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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away."

Henry Ford:

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Nelson Mandela:

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

I always remember the axiom: a leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.


Confucius:

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, "I shall today" be uppermost.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Walt Disney:

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Laughter is America's most important export.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.



Albert Einstein:

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Benjamin Franklin:

Well done is better than well said.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

At 20 years of age the will reigns: at 30 the wit; and at 40 the judgment.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. Benjamin Franklin
You may delay, but time will not.

Thomas Edison:

There is no substitute for hard work.

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction-faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
Plato:

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future.

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Theodore Roosevelt

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Mark Twain

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heal that has crushed it.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.


Charles Dickens:

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.


Tom Peters :

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

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Action is eloquence.
William Shakespeare

Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.
William Shakespeare

Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.
William Shakespeare

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
William Shakespeare

How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.
William Shakespeare

Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
William Shakespeare

Strong reasons make strong actions.
William Shakespeare

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.
William Shakespeare

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?
William Shakespeare

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
William Shakespeare

So shines a good deed in a weary world.
William Shakespeare

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.
William Shakespeare

Boldness be my friend.
William Shakespeare

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.
William Shakespeare

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
William Shakespeare

It is not enough to help the feeble up, but to support him after.
William Shakespeare

We know what we are, but not what we may be.
William Shakespeare

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
William Shakespeare

No legacy is so rich as honesty.
William Shakespeare

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body.
William Shakespeare

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
William Shakespeare

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare

Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
William Shakespeare

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
William Shakespeare

In time we hate that which we often fear.
William Shakespeare

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
William Shakespeare

Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
William Shakespeare

While thou livest keep a good tongue in thy head.
William Shakespeare

This above all: to thine own self be true.
William Shakespeare

Expectation is the root of all heartache.
William Shakespeare

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare

Virtue and genuine graces in themselves speak what no words can utter.
William Shakespeare

In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
William Shakespeare

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.
William Shakespeare

There is no darkness but ignorance.
William Shakespeare

Parting is such sweet sorrow.
William Shakespeare

Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.
William Shakespeare


Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Peter F. Drucker

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
Peter F. Drucker

What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it, that's another matter.
Peter F. Drucker

Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.
Peter F. Drucker

There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.
Peter F. Drucker

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I". And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I". They don't think "I". They think "we"; they think "team". They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.
Peter F. Drucker

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
Peter F. Drucker

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
Peter F. Drucker

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
Peter F. Drucker


"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway."
Henry Boye
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