Inspirational Quotes
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Happiness is a state of activity.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
Begin with the end in mind.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
You are what you think you are.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Things do not change we change.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Follow your dreams.
It is always your next move.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
Know thyself.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Talkers are no good doers.
Success is a journey not a destination.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Don't sweat the small stuff.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
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?
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
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.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.