Inspirational Quotes
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Actions speak louder than words.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Live life to the fullest.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
You become what you think about.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
When we place blame, we give away our power.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Reach for the stars.
You become what you think about.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
Every artist was first an amateur.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Old love does not rust.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
No man is wise enough by himself.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Don't ever give up.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
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.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.