Inspirational Quotes
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
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.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
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'.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
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.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
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.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
You are what you think you are.
Talkers are no good doers.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Never Quit.
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.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Think and grow rich.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
I thought that training for the Olympics would be hardest thing I would ever have to do," former Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber said in court. "But the hardest thing I've ever had to do is process that I am a victim of Larry Nassar. But even though I'm a victim, I do not and will not live my life as one.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
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.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Never spend your money before you have it.
You become what you think about.