Inspirational Quotes - Page 370

Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.

Surrounding yourself with inspiring people is now just as important as being talented or working hard.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

I came out of Bataan and I shall return!

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.

You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.

The longer you wait to decide what you want to do, the more time you're wasting. It's up to you to want something so badly that your passion shows through in your actions. Your actions, not your words, will do the shouting for you.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.

Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

I've been embraced by a new community. That's what happens when you're finally honest about who you are; you find others like you.

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

To walk out of his will is to walk into nowhere.

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.

Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first.

If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.