Inspirational Quotes
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about 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.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
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.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
I am the captain of my soul.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
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
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
Do it now !
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
What a great feeling to look back on what you've already climbed What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.
Talkers are no good doers.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
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.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Reach for the stars.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
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 ?
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
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.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.