Inspirational Quotes
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
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.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Let thy words be few.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Do or do not, there is no try.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
It ain't over till it's over.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
Know thyself.
Love conquers all.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.