Inspiration Quotes - Page 131

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.

Be Young, Be Dope, Be Proud.

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Somebody needs what you have to give. It may not be your money; it may be your time. It may be your listening ear. It may be your arms to encourage. It may be your smile to uplift. Who knows?

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Know that you are a spark of God and can exist fully only within the realization of that profound truth. As such, you are a light and inspiration to others.

The greatest thing we can possibly gain from this life is the ability to love, and to love greatly.

Who gave you the ability to contemplate the beauty of the skies, the course of the sun, the round moon, the millions of stars, the harmony and rhythm that issue from the world as from a lyre, the return of the seasons, the alternation of the months, the demarcation of day and night, the fruits of the earth, the vastness of the air, the ceaseless motion of the waves, the sound of the wind?

Don't let yourself become so concerned with raising a good kid that you forget you already have one.

Love and respect woman. Look to her not only for comfort, but for strength and inspiration and the doubling of your intellectual and moral powers. Blot out from your mind any idea of superiority; you have none.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the "someday I'll" philosophy.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.