Inspirational Quotes
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Above all to thine own self be true.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
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.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
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.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Be all you can be.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
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.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
Action is the antidote to despair.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
Live your dreams.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
There is no education like adversity.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
Don't quit.
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.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands -- your own.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
In order to grasp the reality, we must see the possibilities. In the present, a formulation of the possibilities is the area in which I gain uncertainty concerning what I decide, without a vision of the possibilities, I act blindly, only a knowledge of the possibilities enables me to know what I am actually doing.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
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.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
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.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Anything is possible.