Inspirational Quotes
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
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.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
The sun will come up tomorrow
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
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.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
For with god all things are possible.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
Be who you are in every situation.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
Keep away from small 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.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
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.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
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.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
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.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Most ball games are lost, not won.