Inspirational Quotes
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
Honesty is the best image.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Live with passion !
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.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
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.
Count your blessings.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
It's always too soon to quit !
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
Live life to the fullest.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
There is no education like adversity.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.