Inspirational Quotes
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Obstacles are great incentives.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
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.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage -- to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature -- is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
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.
Live your dreams.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
The best things in life are not things.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
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 ?
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
To go fast, row slowly.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
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.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
There is no education like adversity.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Kind words conquer.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
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.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.