Inspirational Quotes
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
To go fast, row slowly.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Don't ever give up.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
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.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
You become what you think about.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Only the educated are free.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
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.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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?
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.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Hard work pays off.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
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.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The book you don't read cant help.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Practice loving people. It is true that this requires effort and continued practice, for some are not very lovable, or so it seems - with emphasis on "seems". Every person has lovable qualities when you really learn to know him.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.