Inspirational Quotes
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
The best things in life are free.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Grow deep - not just tall.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Happiness is a state of mind.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
Count your blessings.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
We have not yet begun to fight.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
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.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
He who hesitates is lost !
It's never too late.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.