Inspirational Quotes
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
He who stops being better stops being good.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Be all you can be.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
It is always your next move.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
The truth is more important than the facts.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Do it now !
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
I light my candle from their torches.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
My life is my message.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !