Inspirational Quotes
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
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.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
To ask the hard question is simple.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
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 !
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Begin with the end in mind.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
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.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
After your jump, the net appears.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Laughter is the best medicine.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
Success is never wondering what if.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
There is no education like adversity.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
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.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"