Quotes Tagged "inspiration"

Until you change how you get things done, you'll never know what works best.

Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the choices you make and the actions you take today.

The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.

Dedicate yourself to what gives your life true meaning and purpose; make a positive difference in someone's life.

I learned...that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.

The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful it would not be worth knowing, and life would not be worth living. I am not speaking, of course, of the beauty which strikes the senses, of the beauty of qualities and appearances. I am far from despising this, but it has nothing to do with science. What I mean is that more intimate beauty which comes from the harmonious order of its parts, and which a pure intelligence can grasp.

Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back.

As Kevin climbed the three flights of stairs to his apartment, his brain formulated a vague plan of action. He could not have explained it to anyone or even to himself in coherent sentences. But the outline was there in Kevin’s subconscious. It would not only change his life, but many others, as well. A Call to Action had been born.

Stop comparing yourself to others. Always strive to improve yourself to become better today than you were yesterday to serve those around you and the world.

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.

Focus on making choices to lead your life that aligns with your core values in the most purposeful way possible.

The past is a place of learning, not a place of living.

Never let fear hold you captive. Never let self-doubt hold you captive. Never let frustration hold you captive.

Goals are the road maps that guide you to your destination. Cultivate the habit of setting clearly-defined written goals; they are the road maps that guide you to your destination.

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

Great goals make great people. People cannot hit what they do not aim for.

When you look for a man- what you want to look for is a man with the heart of a poor boy and the mind of a conqueror.

Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?

To progress in life, I don’t focus on how much I have done but on how much I have yet to do.

Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.