Inspirational Quotes
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
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.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
You only get out what you put in.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
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.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Happiness is a choice.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Practice makes perfect.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
You create your reality.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
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 cherokee people are not "my people".
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Change comes from within.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
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.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.