Inspirational Quotes
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Every artist was first an amateur.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions, so we have to know how to act.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
There is no education like adversity.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
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.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
The best things in life are free.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.