Inspirational Quotes
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
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.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
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.
You must motivate yourself every day.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
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.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
It is not the job of the general to be winning. It is his job to win.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
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.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
You create your reality.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
The show must go on.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
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.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Those who laugh - last!!
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
No pain, No gain.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
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.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
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.
Well done is better than well said.
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Never Quit.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
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.