Inspirational Quotes
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
You create your reality.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
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.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
It is always your next move.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
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.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
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.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
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.
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.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Be the change you want to see in the world.