Inspirational Quotes
Kind words conquer.
You are what you think you are.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
We have not yet begun to fight.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
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.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
All work is empty save when there is love.
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.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Be who you are in every situation.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
This is the beginning of a new day.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Don't think it, ink it.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.