Quotes About Inspiration

Brood over your topic until it becomes mellow and expansive...then put all these ideas down in writing, just a few words, enough to fix the idea...put them down on scraps of paper—you will find it easier to arrange and organize these loose bits when you come to set your material in order.

to make them happy to do what it is we would like them to do

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic. by Dale Carnegie

Despite what you've been told, you matter and you can accomplish something great.

Great leaders are folks who are passionate about and confident in the work they do, and they inspire others to do so in the process. Dale

today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

A eloquência de um líder costuma ser parte importante desse processo, mas o essencial é sua visão interior. Ele deve ser capaz de comunicá-la com vigor, mediante palavras ou ações.

The principle? Let Charles Schwab say it in his own words: "The way to get things done," says Schwab, "is to stimulate competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to excel.

we only move toward what moves us.

In short, if you want to improve a person in a certain respect, act as though that particular trait were already one of his or her outstanding characteristics. Shakespeare said, "Assume a virtue, if you have it not." And it might be well to assume and state openly that other people have the virtue you want them to develop. Give them a fine reputation to live up to, and they will make prodigious efforts rather than see you disillusioned.

Carry your chin in and the crown of your head high. We are gods in the chrysalis.

When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves. They will then regard it as their own; they will like it and maybe eat a couple of helpings of it.

Pois a vida é curta demais para ser pequena.

This result is as important for the owner of a business as it is for authors and bloggers.

We can't all be captains; we've got to be crew. There's something for all of us here. There's big work to do and there's lesser to do and the task we must do is the near. If you can't be a highway, then just be a trail, if you can't be the sun, be a star; it isn't by the size that you win or you fail, be the best of whatever you are!

For life is too short to be little.

Amo meu trabalho de professor. Escrevi um livro chamado The Excitement of Teaching (A empolgação de lecionar). Ensinar sempre foi mais do que uma arte ou uma ocupação para mim; é uma paixão. Amo ensinar como um pintor ama pintar ou um cantor ama cantar. Antes de me levantar da cama de manhã, penso com muita alegria no meu primeiro grupo de alunos. Entusiasmo é um dos principais combustíveis para se alcançar o sucesso na vida.

And that's what true leaders do. They unfold the lives of others and help them reach their God-given potential.

Such was the spirit of the immortal Caesar. Why not make it yours, too, as you set out to conquer your fear of audiences? Throw every shred of negative thought into the consuming fires and slam doors of steel upon every escape into the irresolute past.

Let me repeat: The principles taught in this book will work only when they come from the heart. I am not advocating a bag of tricks. I am talking about a new way of life. Talk about changing people. If you and I will inspire the people with whom we come in contact to a realization of the hidden treasures they possess, we can do far more than change people. We can literally transform them.

the person who has technical knowledge plus the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership and to arouse enthusiasm among people—that person is headed for higher earning power.

A real leader will always follow . . .

What is there about him that I can honestly admire?

PRINCIPLE 7 Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to.