Inspirational Quotes
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
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 ?'
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Slow but steady wins the race.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
After your jump, the net appears.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
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.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Ability is sexless.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
Attitude determines altitude.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Every dog has his day.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
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.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
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.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
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.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
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.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
The past does not equal the future.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.