Inspirational Quotes
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Truth fears no questions.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
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.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Better late than never.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
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.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
They are able because they think they are able.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
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 ?
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.