Inspirational Quotes
Where there is love there is no darkness.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
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.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Find the good -- and praise it.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
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.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
The cherokee people are not "my people".
People can't live with change if there's not a changeless core inside them. The key to the ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
He didn't get all of those injuries from a fall.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
Live your dreams.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Every dog has his day.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Think and grow rich.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Never, never, never give up.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.