Quotes on Inspirational

We would like otherworldly visitations to come as distinct voices with clear instructions, but they may only give small signs in dreams, or as sudden hunches and insights that cannot be denied. They feel more as if they emerge from inside and steer you from within like an inner guardian angel. . . . And, most amazing, it has never forgotten you, although you may have spent most of your life ignoring it.

Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

Observe always that everything is the result of a change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and to make new ones like them.

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, 'I was wrong'.

Rest in this - it is His business to lead, command, impel, send, call... It is your business to obey, follow, move, respond.

Most people spend their entire lives on a fantasy island called 'Someday I'll.'

If your words aren't truthful, the finest optically letter-spaced typography won't help.

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.