Inspirational Quotes

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Well begun is half done.

Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Talk doesn't cook rice.

Do, or do not. There is no try.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Skill to do comes of doing.

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.

All know the way; few actually walk it.

Do more than dream: work.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

The shortest answer is doing.

Light tomorrow with today!

While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity.

Begin to weave and God will give you the thread.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply!

Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say.

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.

They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

The only difference between your abilities and others is the ability to put yourself in their shoes and actually try.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.

Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you have done the most you could.

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.

We must never forget that it is through our actions, words, and thoughts that we have a choice.

Patience is a virtue but you will never ever accomplish anything if you don't exercise action over patience.

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little — do what you can.

Those who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succeed.

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

Don't wait for your feelings to change to take the action. Take the action and your feelings will change.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

Id rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not done.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Give it all you've got because you never know if there's going to be a next time.

You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.

The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.

You can only grow if you're willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

You can adopt the attitude there is nothing you can do, or you can see the challenge as your call to action.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.

Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

The day you decide to do it is your lucky day.

Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?

Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.

The beginning is always today.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Wishes can be your best avenue of getting what you want when you turn wishes into action. Action moves your wish to the forefront from thought to…

You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered-down, occasional hope that you'll get to tomorrow. Intention…

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you…

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared…

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek.

Go put your creed into the deed. Nor speak with double tongue.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

Passion creates the desire for more and action fuelled by passion creates a future.

Experience can only be gained by doing not by thinking or dreaming.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

When anger use your energy to do something productive.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.

People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do.

It's important to know that words don't move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Progress always involves risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Take it easy — but take it.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?

To change ones life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.

You are the only person on Earth who can use your ability.

Complaining doesn't change a thing only taking action does.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, not of words. Trust movement.

It is the quality of our work which will please God, not the quantity.

Respect should be earned by actions, and not acquired by years.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals — that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.

He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.

Rather than wishing for change, you first must be prepared to change.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the worlds problems.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

Compassion and happiness are not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.

You cannot have what you do not want.

Weve got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.

Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

See the positive side, the potential, and make an effort.

The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act.

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what youve always gotten.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Think like a man of action; act like a man of thought.

Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

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…

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

Never mistake motion for action.

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

Staying in one place is the best path to be taken over and surpassed by many.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?

The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

What you are is what you have been. What you’ll be is what you do now.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

When you make a choice, you change the future.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

Raise your selfhood so high that before every decree of destiny, God Himself asks His servant: 'Tell me, what is your will?'

The boat never crosses if it fears the waves; those who keep trying never truly lose.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

The die is cast.

Act, and God will act.

I want you to act as if your house is on fire, because it is.

Change is coming, whether you like it or not.

Our house is still on fire, and your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions, they will be moved to act.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

If you double the number of experiments you do per year, you're going to double your inventiveness.

What we need to do is always lean into the future.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes - then learn how to do it later.

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

If you don't sell, it's not the product that's wrong, it's you.

Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly.

The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don't look anywhere else.

The bat is not a toy, it's a weapon.

I believe in giving more than 100 percent on the field, and I don't really worry about the result if there's great commitment on the field.

Enthusiasm is everything. It must be taut and vibrating like a guitar string.

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

Don't think about the start of the race, think about the ending.

I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Don't be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go…

Miracles do happen, but one has to work hard for them.

I have never done a film for money. I have only done films when the story excited me.

Climate change is real, it is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together…

If I'd observed all the rules I'd never have gotten anywhere.

Imagination means nothing without doing.

Remember, your work may be only to sweep a railway crossing, but it is your duty to keep it so clean that no other crossing in the world is as clean…

Industrialize or perish.

Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself.