Quotes to inspire and reflect

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.

Learn to self conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

How many people live on the reputation of the reputation they might have made!

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are rearranging their prejudices.

Bad habits are like chains that are too light to feel until they are too heavy to carry.

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

Habit is stronger than reason.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.

DifficuIties mastered are opportunities won.

You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.

When the water starts boiling,it is foolish to turn off the heat.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

What I am looking for is not out there … it’s in me.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

There is no passion to be found playing small.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

They can because they think they can.

If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win.

The best motivating is self-motivating. The guy says, ‘I wish someone would come by and turn me on.’ What if they don’t show up? You’ve got to have a better plan for your life.

The wisest is he that knows only that he knows nothing.

I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

You can never plan the future by the past.

I came upstairs into the world; for I was born in a cellar.

There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment . . . It gives warmth and good feeling to all your personal relationships.

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

My first act of free will shall be to believe in free will.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

A great flame follows a little spark.

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence it’s a matter of inspiration.

Change your thoughts and you Change your world.

A fool’s paradise is a wise man’s hell!

You only lose energy when life becomes dull in your mind. Your mind gets bored and therefore tired of doing nothing. Get interested in something! Get absolutely enthralled with something! Get out of yourself! Be somebody! Do something! The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Look at frustration as a positive thing. It is the frustration that drives you to improve.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

A little bit added to what you’ve already got gives you a little bit more.