Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Be the best that you can be.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Carpe diem.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
Live your dreams.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
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.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
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.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
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.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
Whatever you are be a good one.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
Change comes from within.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
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.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
You become what you think about.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.