INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.
- Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better.
- Wendell Phillips, 1811-1884

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.
- William Jennings Bryan, 1860-1925

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
- Andy Warhol, 1928-1987

In attempts to improve your character, know what is in your power and what is beyond it.
- Francis Thompson, 1859-1907

Speak when you are angry, and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter, 1919-1988

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
- Martha Washington, 1732-1802

I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.
- Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
- Malcolm Forbes (1919 - 1990)

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)

In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.
- Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)


Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.
- Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662

It is never too late to be who you might have been. - George Eliot, 1819-1880

English NovelistHe has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
- Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
- Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish Dramatist/Novelist/Poet

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
- Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States

Learning never exhausts the mind.
- Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519, Italian Painter and Sculptor

You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.
- Bernard M. Baruch, 1870-1965, American Financier and Statesman

Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.
- Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish Philosopher and Author

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, English Politician and Author

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945, 32nd President of the United States

Instruction does much, but encouragement does everything. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832, German Poet/Dramatist/Novelist

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
- Spanish Proverb

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
- Marcus Aurelius, 121-180, Roman Emperor and Philosopher

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
- Vince Lombardi, 1913-1970, American Football Coach

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
- Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, American Humanitarian and Former First Lady of the United States

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
- Kahlil Gibran, 1883-1931, Lebanese Poet and Novelist

You can never learn less; you can only learn more.
- R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983, American Architect and Engineer