Inspirational Quotes
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.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
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.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
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.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Great men are not always wise.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Talkers are no good doers.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Hard work pays off.
Every human heart is human.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Grow deep - not just tall.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
High expectations are the key to everything.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
When I was a young man, I found out that if you hurt somebody, they'll leave you alone. When I tried to leave everybody alone and just do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I just decided, well, I've had enough of this picking. And there were like six young men still figuring they were going to mess with my head. And we went to war. To their surprise, I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
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
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
You are what you think you are.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
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.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
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.