Inspirational Quotes
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
To go fast, row slowly.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
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.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
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.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
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.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
My friends are my estate.
Actions speak louder than words.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come, as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
He who stops being better stops being good.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Be the best that you can be.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
This too, shall pass.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.