Inspirational Quotes
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.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
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.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Attitude determines altitude.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
A bold onset is half the battle.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Change comes from within.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
One man with courage is a majority.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
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.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
Whatever it takes !
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Reach for the stars.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
It is always your next move.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
The "Inside-Out" approach to personal and self , even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self - with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Things do not change we change.
Happiness is a state of mind.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
What ever you are be a good one.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.