Inspirational Quotes
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't it's almost a cinch you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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.
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Happiness is a state of activity.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
The beginning is the half of every action.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
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.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
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.
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.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
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.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
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.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Grow deep - not just tall.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
We must be the change we wish to see.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow