Inspirational Quotes
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.
Love understands all languages.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
Carpe diem.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Fortune favors the brave.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Ideas... they have the power
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
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.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
Follow your dreams.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
There are no gains without pains.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
The beginning is the half of every action.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.