Inspirational Quotes
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
My life is my message.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Do it now !
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
It is always your next move.
Well done is better than well said.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Be who you are in every situation.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
The truth is more important than the facts.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
It's always darkest before the dawn.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
They can because they think they can.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.