Inspirational Quotes
Reach for the stars.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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.
Live with passion !
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
Tough times never last but tough people do.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Hard work pays off.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
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.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
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.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.