Wise and Inspirational Words Collection

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life. Robert Louis Stevenson Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned. Peter Marshall I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. Brian Tracy One finds limits by pushing them. Herbert Simon Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. Baruch Spinoza In motivating people, you've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved. Rupert Murdoch The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Muhammad Iqbal I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life. Dean Koontz Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose? Eliza Dushku Wherever you are - be all there. Jim Elliot

To know oneself, one should assert oneself. Albert Camus Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. Wayne Dyer Begin to be now what you will be hereafter. William James Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. W. Clement Stone I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything. Dan Millman Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. Walter Elliot Only the educated are free. Epictetus If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. H. G. Wells Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. Swami Sivananda

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. George S. Patton When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder. Natalie Gulbis You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. Woodrow Wilson What is called genius is the abundance of life and health. Henry David Thoreau You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win. Ted Turner Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. Christopher Morley Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. Julie Andrews Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. Bo Jackson Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. William Butler Yeats Leap, and the net will appear. John Burroughs

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. Gordon B. Hinckley A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition. Elbert Hubbard It's always too early to quit. Norman Vincent Peale Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. Tony Robbins The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. Mark Caine Never complain and never explain. Benjamin Disraeli You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. Henry Ford The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future. Philip Emeagwali The most effective way to do it, is to do it. Amelia Earhart

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. Kyle Chandler Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Sasha Cohen I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down. Mia Hamm The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. Thomas Paine If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud. Emile Zola Always desire to learn something useful. Sophocles Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way. Eileen Caddy Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own...

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree. Jim Rohn If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie Quality is not an act, it is a habit. Aristotle Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. Saint Teresa of Avila I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller True happiness involves the full use of one's power and talents. John W. Gardner There is always room at the top. Daniel Webster If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. Robert H. Schuller

Who seeks shall find. Sophocles Be Impeccable With Your Word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love. Miguel Angel Ruiz Know or listen to those who know. Baltasar Gracian Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. Leo Buscaglia The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. Confucius Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing. Thomas Jefferson Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality....

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. Thomas Jefferson Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. Ella Wheeler Wilcox I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. Muhammad Ali Never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. Nikos Kazantzakis Either you run the day or the day runs you. Jim Rohn We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change. Katharine Hepburn Things do not happ...

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Confucius Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward. Victor Kiam With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. Eleanor Roosevelt I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be. Ken Venturi Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice. Wayne Dyer Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. Denis Waitley The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence cal...

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast. Alfred A. Montapert If you're going through hell, keep going. Winston Churchill You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C. S. Lewis A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn Rand After a storm comes a calm. Matthew Henry

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later. Og Mandino Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. Norman Vincent Peale Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Thomas A. Edison If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. Jim Rohn