Inspirational Quotes
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
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.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
Faith can move mountains.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
You're as old as you behave.
The show must go on.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
Happiness is a state of activity.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
Security is a kind of death.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.