Inspirational Quotes
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
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.
Grow deep - not just tall.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
A bold onset is half the battle.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
Live life to the fullest.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Ideas... they have the power
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
They can because they think they can.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
Live with passion !
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
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.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
They can because they think they can.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
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.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Know thyself.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.