Inspirational Quotes
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Begin with the end in mind.
Well done is better than well said.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
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.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
There are no gains without pains.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
You are what you think you are.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
All work is empty save when there is love.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Seize the day.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
Slow but steady wins the race.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
He who hesitates is lost !
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
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.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Ideas... they have the power
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".