Whatever it takes !
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
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.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
My friends are my estate.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
Ability is sexless.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
Hope springs eternal.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
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.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
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Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
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.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
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.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
Keep the Faith.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
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.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
The key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
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.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
This is the beginning of a new day.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Only the educated are free.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.