Inspirational Quotes
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
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.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
I light my candle from their torches.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Actions speak louder than words.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Let thy words be few.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Ability is sexless.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
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.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
Well done is better than well said.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Believe in yourself.
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.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
This is the beginning of a new day.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Success leaves clues.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
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.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
Never, never, never give up.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
Live with passion.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.