Inspirational Quotes
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Don't fear, just live right.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
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.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
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.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
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.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
To go fast, row slowly.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.