Quotes on Inspirational

But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Like a child who suddenly stops sobbing when he is clasped in the arms of his mother, such will be the grip of heaven upon our souls.

The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward the goal of political independence, and we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward the gaining of a cup of coffee at a lunch counter.

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.

Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.

Perhaps the best function of parenthood is to teach the young creature to love with safety, so that it may be able to venture unafraid when later emotion comes; the thwarting of the instinct to love is the root of all sorrow and not sex only but divinity itself is insulted when it is repressed. To disapprove, to condemn the human soul shrivels under barren righteousness.

Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that... and I think I am fine.

A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Let's face it, we're not about to earn our way to wealth. That's a mistake millions of Americans make. We think that if we work harder, smarter, longer, we'll achieve our financial dreams, but our paycheck alone-no matter how big-isn't the answer.

A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.