Inspirational Quotes
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Don't think it, ink it.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
We will either find a way or make one.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
What ever you are be a good one.
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.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
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.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
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.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
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.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
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.