Inspirational Quotes
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
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.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
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
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
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.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
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.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
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.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
Children are all foreigners.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
My friends are my estate.
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.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
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.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.