Inspirational Quotes
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
They are able because they think they are able.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Success is predictable.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Do or do not, there is no try.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Whatever you are be a good one.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
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.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
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.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
Hard work pays off.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Carpe diem.
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
Success is never wondering what if.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
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.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
The time is always right to do what is right.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.