Inspirational Quotes
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals, and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
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.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
A bold onset is half the battle.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
Every artist was first an amateur.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
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.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Never Quit.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
For with god all things are possible.
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.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.