Inspirational Quotes - Page 20

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.

It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

Beauty isn't about having a pretty face it's about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul.

And so let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Try not to become a man of success, but a man of value. Look around at how people want to get more out of life than they put in. A man of value will give more than he receives. Be creative, but make sure that what you create is not a curse for mankind.

We never know how far reaching something we may think, say or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?

Don't spend your precious time asking "Why isn't the world a better place?" It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is "How can I make it better?" To that there is an answer.