Inspirational Quotes
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
Seize the day.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Success is predictable.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Happiness is a state of mind.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
From Freud we learned that the past exists now in the person. Now we must learn, from growth theory and self-actualization theory that the future also now exists in the person in the form of ideals, hopes, duties, tasks, plans, goals, unrealized potentials, mission, fate, destiny, etc. One for whom no future exists is reduced to the concrete, to hopelessness, to emptiness.
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.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
He who stops being better stops being good.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
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.
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't it's almost a cinch you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
None are homely who smile.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Never say more than is necessary.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
Change comes from within.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
There is no substitute for hard work.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Slow but steady wins the race.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.