Inspirational Quotes
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. quotes
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
What ever you are be a good one.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Never Quit.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Happiness is a state of activity.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
A chain is as strong as its weakest link.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Believe in yourself.
There is time for everything.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
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.'
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Obstacles are great incentives.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
All work is empty save when there is love.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
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.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
They can because they think they can.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.