Inspirational Quotes
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
There is no education like adversity.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
You must motivate yourself every day.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
The best way out is always through.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it we become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.
Only in his own way and not in any other can the one who strives perfect himself. He who lays hold of the rung of his companion and lets go of his own rung, through him neither the one nor the other will be realized.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
Where there's life, there's hope.
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.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
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.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
They can because they think they can.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.