Inspirational Quotes
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
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.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Things do not change we change.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
There is time for everything.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.