Inspirational Quotes
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
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 most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I light my candle from their torches.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
I am the captain of my soul.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Seize the day.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
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.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
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.
People who worked with me or knew me still called me the 'world's fastest human' because I almost never stopped. I'd found that I could get more done with no regular job or regular hours at all, but by being on my own, flying to speak here, help with a public relations campaign for some client there, tape my regular jazz radio show one morning at 5:00 a.m. before leaving on a plane for another city or another continent three hours later to preside over a major sporting event.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Only the educated are free.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Count your blessings.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
To ask the hard question is simple.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
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.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
You always succeed in producing a result.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.