Inspirational Quotes
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Fortune favors the brave.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
The past does not equal the future.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
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.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
When I was a young man, I found out that if you hurt somebody, they'll leave you alone. When I tried to leave everybody alone and just do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I just decided, well, I've had enough of this picking. And there were like six young men still figuring they were going to mess with my head. And we went to war. To their surprise, I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
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.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
You become what you think about.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
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.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Follow your dreams.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.