Words to inspire by influential people

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall,  the genial flame of charity in the heart.  Washington Irving #Rafikfarouk

Joy is increased by spreading it to others. Robert Murray McCheyne #Rafikfarouk

Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.  Mary Ellen Chase #Rafikfarouk

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting.  It is happiness because we see joy in people.  It is forgetting self and finding time for others.  It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.  Thomas S. Monson #Rafikfarouk

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. Lucius Ann aeus Seneca #Rafikfarouk

Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.  Aeschylus #Rafikfarouk

Blessed is the man who expects nothing,  for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.  Alexander Pope #Rafikfarouk

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.  Richard L. Evans #Rafikfarouk

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.  Alexander the Great #Rafikfarouk

No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.  Mahatma Gandhi #Rafikfarouk

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.  Oscar Wilde #Rafikfarouk

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.  Robert Green Ingersoll #Rafikfarouk

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. George Whitefield #Rafikfarouk

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.  Og Mandino #Rafikfarouk

When one teaches, two learn.  Robert Half #Rafikfarouk

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?  Jean-Jacques Rousseau #rafikfarouk

Courage is found in unlikely places.  J. R. R. Tolkien #Rafikfarouk

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.  Theodore Roosevelt #Rafikfarouk

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg #Rafikfarouk

All great achievements require time.  Maya Angelou #Rafikfarouk

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.  Friedrich Nietzsche #Rafikfarouk

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.  Jean-Jacques Rousseau #Rafikfarouk

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement. Matt Biondi #Rafikfarouk

Good, better, best. Never let it rest.  'Til your good is better and your better is best.  St. Jerome  #Rafikfarouk

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.  Henry Drummond #Rafikfarouk

  The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.  Jimmy Johnson #Rafikfarouk

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Lou Holtz #Rafikfarouk

Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do. Benjamin Spock #Rafikfarouk

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.  Napoleon Hill #Rafikfarouk

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together.  There it begins.  Ludwig Mies van der Rohe #Rafikfaoruk

 The doer alone learneth.  Friedrich Nietzsche #Rafikfarouk

The vision must be followed by the venture.  It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.  Vance Havner #Rafikfarouk

A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.  Tecumseh #Rafikfarouk

Challenges are meant to be met and overcome.  Liu Xiang #Rafikfarouk

What is research but a blind date with knowledge?  Will Harvey #Rafikfarouk

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.  Ken Blanchard #Rafikfarouk

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.  Moliere #Rafikfarouk

  Achieve excellence, don’t just avoid errors. Build trust and take care of your people. Use your legacy for inspiration. Use guiding principles for decision criteria. Use immediate recognition to reinforce desired behaviors. Begin with the end in mind. Encourage a questioning attitude over blind obedience L. David Marquet #Rafikfarouk

Don't aim for success if you want it;  just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.  David Frost #Rafikfarouk

It always seems impossible until it's done.  Nelson Mandela #Rafikfarouk

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. Robert Collier #Rafikfarouk

Once a man or a woman mind has been expanded with an idea, concept, or experience, it can’t ever be satisfied with going back to what it was.  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.   #Rafikfarouk

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.  Frederick Douglass #Rafikfarouk

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.  Anne Bronte #Rafikfarouk

Leadership is communicating to another person their worth and potential so clearly, they are inspired to see it in themselves. Stephen R. Covey #Rafikfarouk

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.  Zig Ziglar #Rafikfarouk

You might have lost some major battles, but you survived and you're still here.  Paulo Coelho #Rafikfarouk

 The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.  Alice Walker #Rafikfarouk

If you’re going to be a leader, you know what I ask myself?  Would I want to work for you in this job?  Would I let my children work for you? Jamie Dimon #Rafikfarouk

  Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.  B altasar Gracian #Rafikfarouk