Inspiration Quotes - Page 12

you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame; how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?

Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

We all have the same God, we just serve him differently. Rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, oceans all have different names, but they all contain water. So do religions have different names, and they all contain truth, expressed in different ways forms and times. It doesn't matter whether you're a Muslim, a Christian, or a Jew. When you believe in God, you should believe that all people are part of one family. If you love God, you can't love only some of his children.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

You know what the Quran teaches me? The Quran teaches me that an incredibly wealthy man can be a failure (Firaun) and a homeless man can be successful (Prophet Ibrahim). It teaches me that success has nothing to do with wealth and failure has nothing to do with poverty.

Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.