Inspirational Quotes
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
Think and grow rich.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
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.
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.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Be Here Now.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
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.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
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.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
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.'
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Embrace your inner voice.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
This too, shall pass.