Inspirational Quotes
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.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
I think there is something, more important than believing : Action ! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
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.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
He who has hope has everything.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished by how much the old man had learned in 7 years.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
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.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
You become what you think about.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
Embrace your inner voice.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
You see, when we have the opportunity of working out, you'll see that your way of thinking is definitely not the same as mine. Art, after all, is a means of acquiring personal liberty. Your way is not my way nor mine yours.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
Begin with the end in mind.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Success is never wondering what if.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
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.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
God doesn't make junk.
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.