Inspirational Quotes
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
Security is a kind of death.
If a man can realize his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a sin ? Nor, even when he has passed that stage, should he call it an error. Man is not traveling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To him all the religions from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress, and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength till it reaches the glorious sun.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Never say die.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
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.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
One man with courage is a majority.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
I light my candle from their torches.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Believe in yourself.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Slow but steady wins the race.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Don't water your weeds.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
Laughter is the best medicine.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.