Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Live life with passion.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Do what you love and the money will follow
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Love sees roses without thorns.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
The best things in life are not things.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
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.
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
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.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Grow deep - not just tall.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
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.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
My friends are my estate.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
He who stops being better stops being good.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
He who has hope has everything.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
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.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
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.
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.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
If you would create something, you must be something.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
I am the captain of my soul.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?