Inspirational Quotes
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
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.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
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.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
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.
Kindness is always fashionable.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
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.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
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.
One man with courage is a majority.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
Do or do not, there is no try.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
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.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.