Inspirational Quotes
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
My life is my message.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
You're as old as you behave.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
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.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
They can because they think they can.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
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.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
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.'
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.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
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.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.