Inspirational Quotes
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Strike while the iron is hot.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
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
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Well done is better than well said.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
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.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
For with god all things are possible.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Experience is the best teacher.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
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.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Happiness is a choice.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
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.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
Keep away from 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.
It ain't over till it's over.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
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.
Success leaves clues.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Without a general an army is lost.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
Every artist was first an amateur.
He who stops being better stops being good.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
You become what you think about.