Inspirational Quotes
My life is my message.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
Children are all foreigners.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Faith can move mountains.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
The buck stops here.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
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 complain about what you permit.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it , they feel it, they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone''. Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
You always succeed in producing a result.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
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.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
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.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
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 ?
After your jump, the net appears.
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.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
You can do what you want to do.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.