Inspirational Quotes
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
When I was a young man, I found out that if you hurt somebody, they'll leave you alone. When I tried to leave everybody alone and just do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I just decided, well, I've had enough of this picking. And there were like six young men still figuring they were going to mess with my head. And we went to war. To their surprise, I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
The road to success is always under construction.
Live life to the fullest.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
There is time for everything.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
He who hesitates is lost.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Reach for the stars.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
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 can not do.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.