Words to inspire by influential people

O bserve, record, tabulate, communicate. Use you five senses. Learn to see, Learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert.  William Osler

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.  Jim Rohn

Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.  Thomas S. Monson

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.  Rabindranath Tagore

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering.  Jessica Lange

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.  Sam Levenson

Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique. Kevin Conroy

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius 

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.  Friedrich Nietzsche

Always do what you are afraid to do.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

My best friend is the man who is wishing me well wishes it for my sake.  Aristotle

Confidence comes from discipline and training.  Robert Kiyosaki

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.  William R. Alger

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.  Tim Tebow

The best use of life is to spend it for something that outlasts it.  William James

The art of being wise is the art of knowing hat to overlook.  William James

The quality of leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.  Ray Kroc

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.  T. S. Eliot

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.  Norman Vincent Peale

A responsible Choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.  Gray Zukav

When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.  Howard Schultz

We rise by lifting others.  Robert Ingersoll

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.  Carl Roger

Character develops itself in the stream of life. Johann Wolfgang von Goeth

It   WILL   hurt It   WILL   take  time It   WILL   require  dedication. It   WILL   require  will-power. You WILL need to make healthy decisions. It requires  sacrifice. You WILL need to push your body to it's max . There WILL be  temptation. But, I promise you, when you reach your goal, it's WORTH IT.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.  John C. Maxwell

Commitment is an act, not a word. Jean-Paul Sartre

Direction is so much more important than speed. Many are going nowhere fast.  Unknown