Inspirational Quotes
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.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
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.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
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.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
Truth fears no questions.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Obstacles are great incentives.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
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.
Growth in personality occurs as a consequence of meeting conflicts and impasses head on, and reconciling them. Interpersonal conflicts and impasses constitute problems which require solutions so that a satisfying relationship may be maintained. Whenever a person encounters a problem in his everyday living, he is obliged to vary his behavior until he discovers some mode of responding which is successful in achieving a solution.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Believe in yourself.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
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.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Better late than never.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
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.
Never stop dreaming.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
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.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
You always succeed in producing a result.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
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
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
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.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.