Inspirational Quotes
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Kindness is always fashionable.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
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.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
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.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
There is no substitute for hard work.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.