Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Keep in mind that you are always saying "no" to something. If it isn't to the apparent, urgent things in your life, it is probably to the most fundamental, highly important things. Even when the urgent is good, the good can keep you from your best, keep you from your unique contribution, if you let it.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
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.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Every artist was first an amateur.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Great men are not always wise.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Kind words conquer.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
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.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
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.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. quotes
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
They can because they think they can.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
You create your reality.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
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.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.