Inspirational Quotes
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Believe in yourself.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Security is a kind of death.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
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.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
In love beggar and king are equal.
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.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
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.
There are no gains without pains.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
It's never too late.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
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
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.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
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.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
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.
The best way out is always through.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
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.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
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.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Live your life and forget your age.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.