Inspirational Quotes
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
You can do what you want to do.
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.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Success is never wondering what if.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
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.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
What a great feeling to look back on what you've already climbed What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.
My life is my message.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own.
Make the second effort your second nature.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
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) .
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Don't ever give up.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.