Inspirational Quotes - Page 600

The damage was permanent; there would always be scars. But even the angriest scars faded over time until it was difficult to see them written on the skin at all, and the only thing that remained was the memory of how painful it had been.

Recognize your victories.

He who loves his work never labors.

In the end, a person is only known by the impact he or she has on others.

It is not the hours of practice that matter...it's what you put into the hours that counts.

The best sales questions have your expertise wrapped into them.

There is so much pressure to look a certain way in this town. But it's nice to have a little meat on you, and I hope I inspire women to appreciate their muscular calves.

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit.

"By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply."

It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance.

I made the decision. I'm accountable.

Education today, more than ever before, must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living.

The purpose of therapy is not to remove suffering but to move through it to an enlarged consciousness that can sustain the polarity of painful opposites.

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.

If you take the approach that “good” is not an accident - that everyone and everything that shows up in your life is there for a reason - you’ll begin to see every event (no matter how difficult or challenging) as a chance for enrichment and advancement in your life.

By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.

Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn and don't wait for anyone to praise you.

I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.

Make it a part of every day's business to read and meditate on some portion of God's Word. Private means of grace are just as needful every day for our souls as food and clothing are for our bodies.

Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice.