Inspirational Quotes
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
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.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
Believe in yourself.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
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.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Learning is definitely not mere imitation or the ability to accumulate and conform to fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery and never a concluding one. In JKD we begin not by accumulation but by discovering the cause of our ignorance, and oftentimes this involves a shedding process. Truth will not come until we have come to understand personally the whole process of the working of our being. After all, ultimately, knowledge in martial art simply means self-knowledge, and JKD can become intelligible only in the vigorous and constant process of self-inquiry and self-discovery.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Change comes from within.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
Don't water your weeds.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Never stop dreaming.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.