Inspirational Quotes
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
God doesn't make junk.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Be Here Now.
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Know thyself.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Reach for the stars.
Well done is better than well said.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
Follow your dreams.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Do or do not, there is no try.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Well done is better than well said.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Live your dreams.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.