Inspirational Quotes
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting ; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
In love beggar and king are equal.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
None are homely who smile.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Every dog has his day.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
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.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
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
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
The aims and ideals that move us are generated by imagination. But they are not made out of imaginary stuff. They are made out of the hard stuff of the world of physical and social experience.
The world belongs to the energetic.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Keep away from small 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.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Fortune favors the brave.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
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.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
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.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
I assume everybody thinks they're a top-five quarterback. I think I'm the best. I don't think I'm top five, I think I'm the best. I don't think I'd be very successful at my job if I didn't feel that way.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
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.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.