Inspirational Quotes
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Know thyself.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it , they feel it, they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone''. Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
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.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
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.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
The show must go on.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Be Here Now.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
Faith can move mountains.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
It ain't over till it's over.