Inspiration Quotes - Page 125

We have learnt, rather too late, that action comes, not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Never fear, inevitably we shall have our years of failure, and when they arrive, we must reveal tolerance and sanity. No matter the days of anxiety that come our way, we shall emerge stronger because of the trials to be overcome.

Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

Love like you'll never be hurt.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born - that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.

Mom used to quote Isaiah 64: about waiting on the Lord. It doesn't mean being complacent. It means understanding that he has a plan, and that we're not the ones in control. In the meantime, we need to strive to use our gifts and abilities fully.

No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

Watch nature, because it is your greatest teacher. It moves and flows and moves on again. There is an incredible beauty out there in the mountains, in the forests, to teach you it's silence, it's beauty, it's humility. Stay aligned to that.

Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared.

Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

The devil strains every nerve to secure the souls which belong to Christ. We should not grudge our toil in wresting them from Satan and giving them back to God.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.