Inspirational Quotes
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
For with god all things are possible.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
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.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Ability is sexless.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Success leaves clues.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
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.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.