Inspirational Quotes
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
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.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
Hard work pays off.
The best things in life are not things.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
You must motivate yourself every day.
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.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
We have not yet begun to fight.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
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.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
Never say die.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
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.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'