Inspirational Quotes
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
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.
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
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.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Slow but steady wins the race.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Faith can move mountains.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Live with passion.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
Remove failure as an option.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
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.
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.
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
It's always too soon to quit !
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
You always succeed in producing a result.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg ? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.