Words to inspire by influential people

Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.  Ralph Marston

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?  Albery Camus

Optimism it the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.  Voltaire

Patience is not simply the ability to wait, it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.  Joyce Meyer

Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.  Jim Rohn

The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.  Denis Waitley

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence.  Dalai Lama  

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.  George Jackson

As you move outside of your comfort zone, what was once the unknown and frightening becomes your new normal.  Robin S. Sharma

Success is not final, Failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that count.  Winston Churchill.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it.  Ray Lewis

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to success is always to try one more time.  Thomas A. Edison

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.  Alice Walker

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.  Publilius Syrus

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.  Ezra Taft Benson

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.  Saint Augustine

A man mistakes are the portals of discovery.  James Joyce

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business. B. C. Forbes

People with goals succeed because they always know where they're going. Earl Nightingale

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.  Vince Lombardi

There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.  William Shakespeare

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.  Frederick William Faber

Show my your garden and I shall tell you what you are.  Alfred Austin 

Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.  Leonardo da Vinci