Inspirational Quotes
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Truth fears no questions.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
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.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Follow your dreams.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
We have merely scratched the surface of the store of knowledge which will come to us. I believe that we are now, a-tremble on the verge of vast discoveries - discoveries so wondrously important they will upset the present trend of human thought and start it along completely new lines.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Begin with the end in mind.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Never say die.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
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.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
He who hesitates is lost !
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
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.
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You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Hard work pays off.
You become what you think about.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.