Inspirational Quotes
Don't sweat the small stuff.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
The world belongs to the energetic.
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.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Happiness is a choice.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Things do not change we change.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
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.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
After your jump, the net appears.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.