Inspirational Quotes
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.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Success is the child of audacity.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
Don't water your weeds.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Where there's life, there's hope.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
This too, shall pass.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
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.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
Live life with passion.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Live your life and forget your age.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
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.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
Love sees roses without thorns.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
In love beggar and king are equal.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
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.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
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.
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.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Without a general an army is lost.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
Think and grow rich.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.