Inspirational Quotes
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
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.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
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.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
There is time for everything.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
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.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
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.
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.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
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.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
The buck stops here.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
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.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Remove failure as an option.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
It ain't over till it's over.
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.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.