Inspirational Quotes
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
My friends are my estate.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
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.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
It is always your next move.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
The buck stops here.
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 !
Passion is the genesis of genius.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Love sees roses without thorns.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
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.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Kind words conquer.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
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.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
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 sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
I think therefore I am
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
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.