Inspirational Quotes
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
My friends are my estate.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Keep away from small 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.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
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.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
If it is to be it is up to me.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Live life to the fullest.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Love understands all languages.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
You only get out what you put in.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
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.'
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
For with god all things are possible.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.