If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose. — T. D. Jakes
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. — Henry David Thoreau
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. — Barack Obama
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. — John C. Maxwell
Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. — Michelle Obama
Choose people who lift you up.
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. — Jim Rohn
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come — Booker T. Washington
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. — Michelangelo
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale
Inspirational Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran
Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle
Success isn't just what you accomplish in your life. It's about what you inspire others to do.
Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle
Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could. — Steve Jobs
If she's amazing, she won't be easy. If she's easy, she won't be amazing. If she's worth it, you wont give up. If you give up, you're not worthy. ... Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for. — Bob Marley
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. — Steve Jobs
Inspirational Success Failure Quotes
You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better. — Steffi Graf
You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. — Sayings
Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success. — Abdul Kalam
Do your work with your whole heart and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song. — Sam Walton
I'm not the guy who's afraid of failure. I like to take risks, take the big shot and all that. — Stephen Curry
You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience. — Oprah Winfrey
Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed.
Do your thing. Do it unapologetically. Don't be discouraged by criticism. You probably already know what they're going to say. Pay no mind to the fear of failure. It's far more valuable than success. Take ownership, take chances, and have fun. And no matter what, don't ever stop doing your thing. — Asher Roth
What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise — Oscar Wilde
You know what the Quran teaches me? The Quran teaches me that an incredibly wealthy man can be a failure (Firaun) and a homeless man can be successful (Prophet Ibrahim). It teaches me that success has nothing to do with wealth and failure has nothing to do with poverty. — Nouman Ali Khan
The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of failure, will succeed. — Gordon Parks
Motivational Success Quotes
If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard. — Madam C. J. Walker
Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself. — Usain Bolt
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. — Nora Roberts
Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice. — Stephen Curry
Don't see others doing better than you, beat your own records everyday, because success is a fight between you and yourself. — Chandra Shekhar Azad
People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work. — Alexander Hamilton
There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright
There is no continuum for success. Focus on the progress, not the results. — Nick Saban
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder
Inspirational History Quotes
you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right. — Rosa Parks
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done. — Marie Curie
Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. — Mae Jemison
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing. — Voltaire
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. — Thurgood Marshall
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James A. Baldwin
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman
The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. — Thurgood Marshall
Inspirational Career Quotes
The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it. — Abraham Lincoln
When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed. — Michelle Obama
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition. — Mark Twain
Inspirational Achievement Quotes
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined... — Henry David Thoreau
Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace. — Dalai Lama
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. — Alan Watts
As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and purity through meditation and attains Reality. — Adi Shankara
You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having. — Frank Lloyd Wright
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. — Saint Augustine
If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself. — Brian Tracy
Good is something you do, not something you talk about. Some medals are pinned to your soul, not to your jacket. — Gino Bartali
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. — Vaclav Havel
Inspiring Stories Quotes
The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host. — Fulton J. Sheen
We take it for granted we know the whole story - We judge a book by its cover and read what we want between selected lines. — Axl Rose
The only thing keeping you from what you want is your story about why you can't have it. — Tony Robbins
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you. — Rumi
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. — Mason Cooley
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. — Robert McKee
You need contrast and conflict in order to tell a story. Stories need to have dark and light, turmoil, all those things. But that does not mean the filmmaker has to suffer in order to show the suffering. Stories should have the suffering, not the people. — David Lynch
Mary Kom is a woman who stood up alone in a male-dominated field and fought for her rights and what she believed in. Her story is an inspiration for every young person out there. — Priyanka Chopra
First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice. — Octavia Butler
Behind every beautiful fur, there is a story. It is a bloody, barbaric story. — Mary Tyler Moore
Inspirational Winning Quotes
Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, U Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide! — Swami Vivekananda
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying. — Tony Robbins
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight. — George S. Patton
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. — Hudson Taylor
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. — Serena Williams
A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances instead of your circumstances having power over you. — Joyce Meyer
If we dare to win, we should also dare to lose — Lee Chong Wei
Victory is in having done your best. If you've done your best, you've won. — Bill Bowerman
We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them. — Amy Carmichael
Inspirational Education Quotes
The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all students as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects the same way. — Howard Gardner
The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel. — John Glenn
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change. — Carl Rogers
Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. — John Dewey
Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile. — Mark Twain
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference. — Jane Goodall
Learning is more than the acquisition of the ability to think; it is the acquisition of many specialized abilities for thinking about a variety of things. — Lev S. Vygotsky
God created war so that Americans would learn geography. — Mark Twain
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. — Albert Einstein
Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets. — Leonardo da Vinci
The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker
Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever. — Walt Disney
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. — Earl Nightingale
Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. — Nido R Qubein
You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better. — Steffi Graf
Confidence and Hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person. — Abdul Kalam
When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there. — Zig Ziglar
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi
I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. — Bill Gates
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place. — Nora Roberts
Success is not an accident, success is actually a choice. — Stephen Curry
If you can't figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose. — T. D. Jakes
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. — Henry David Thoreau
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. — Albert Einstein
Don't see others doing better than you, beat your own records everyday, because success is a fight between you and yourself. — Chandra Shekhar Azad
People sometimes attribute my success to my genius; all the genius I know anything about is hard work. — Alexander Hamilton
You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. — Sayings
There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs. — Zig Ziglar
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. — Frank Lloyd Wright
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. — Barack Obama
Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success. — Abdul Kalam
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. — John C. Maxwell
Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives. — Michelle Obama
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. — Jim Rohn
Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come — Booker T. Washington
Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. — Bruce Lee
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. — Michelangelo
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. — Norman Vincent Peale
Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. — Stevie Wonder
The biggest risk is not taking any risk. — Mark Zuckerberg
Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way. — Nikki Giovanni
What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions. — Abdul Kalam
Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be. — Michael Josephson
If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success. — Will Smith
Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow. — Jay-Z
We cannot become what we need by remaining what we are. — John C. Maxwell
The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success. — Eric Thomas
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. — Andrew Carnegie
So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. — Jorge Luis Borges
Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing. — William Arthur Ward
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