inspirational quotes

It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.
- Aristotle

The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
- Traditional Proverb

If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
- Anna Quindlen

It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
- Rodney Dangerfield

To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
- Christy Borgeld

To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
- Gerry Spence

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
- Henry David Thoreau

From success to failure is one step; from failure to success is a long road.
- Yiddish Proverb

(Natural Talent + Opportunity) Hard Work = Success
- Michael Johnson

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
- Albert Einstein

You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
- Anonymous

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
- Thomas A. Edison

You haven't failed until you quit trying.
- Anonymous

Success is the proper utilization of failure.
- Anonymous

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
- F.M. Hubbard

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
- Anonymous

To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
- Tony Dorsett

A man of courage is also full of faith
- Cicero

The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
- Danish Proverb

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
- Ann Landers

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
- Tom Peters

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
- Demosthenes

Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
- Anonymous

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
- Anonymous

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never, never, never give up.
- Winston Churchill

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Never live in the past but always learn from it.
- Anonymous

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
- David Viscott

It is love that makes the impossible possible.
- Indian Proverb

When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- Confucius

Never get angry. Never make a threat. Reason with people.
- Mario Puzo

Speak when you are angry - and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter

Anger is always more harmful than the insult that caused it.
- Chinese Proverb

A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.
- Proverbs 29:11

You must motivate yourself EVERYDAY.
- Matthew Stasior

The best motivation always comes from within.
- Michael Johnson

Just because you make a mistake doesn’t mean you are a mistake.
- Georgette Mosbacher

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard

There are no mistakes, save one: the failure to learn from a mistake.
- Robert Fripp

Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
- Afghan Proverb

Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
- Gabonese Proverb

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
- Walter Winchell

A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
- Fr. Jerome Cummings

Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
- Michael Johnson