Inspirational Quotes
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
It's never too late.
Be all you can be.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Kind words conquer.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
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."
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.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Without a general an army is lost.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
What a great feeling to look back on what you've already climbed What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
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.
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.
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
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.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
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.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Many hands make light work.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.