Inspirational Quotes
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Strike while the iron is hot.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
He who stops being better stops being good.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
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.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Know thyself.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
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.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Be Here Now.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
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.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
May you live all the days of your life.
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 ?
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Where there's life, there's hope.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
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.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.