Inspirational Quotes
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
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. Discover.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Count your blessings.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
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.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Roll with the punches.
Only the educated are free.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Happiness is a choice.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
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.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Where there's life, there's hope.
You have available to you, right now, a powerful supercomputer. This powerful tool has been used through-out history to take people from rags to riches, from poverty and obscurity to success and fame, from unhappiness and frustration to joy and self-fulfillment, and it can do the same for you.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
Success is the child of audacity.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Where there is a will, there is a way.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.