Inspirational Quotes
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
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.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
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.
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.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
He who hesitates is lost.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Fortune favors the brave.
How far you go in life depends on your 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.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
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 ?
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
All work is empty save when there is love.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.