Inspirational Quotes
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
They can because they think they can.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
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.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Live your dreams.
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.
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.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
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.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
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.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
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.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
A bold onset is half the battle.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition