Inspirational Quotes
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.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
We have not yet begun to fight.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
No one became poor by giving alms.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
It's never too late.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
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.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
No involvement, no commitment.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow. quotes
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Never say die.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
Well done is better than well said.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.