Inspirational Quotes
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
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 person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
Don't ever give up.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
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.
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.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Live life with passion.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
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.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
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.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Attitude is everything.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
May you live all the days of your life.
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.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?