Inspirational Quotes
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
No man is wise enough by himself.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Actions speak louder than words.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Live your dreams.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
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.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
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.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
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.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
May you live all the days of your life.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
The road to success is always under construction.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
To go fast, row slowly.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Love understands all languages.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."