Inspirational Quotes
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
You create your reality.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Well done is better than well said.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Be who you are in every situation.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
Happiness is a choice.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
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.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
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.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Don't ever give up.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
For with god all things are possible.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
Live life to the fullest.