Inspirational Quotes
All work is empty save when there is love.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
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.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
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.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
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.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Never say more than is necessary.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
We must be the change we wish to see.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
They can because they think they can.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Never, never, never give up.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
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.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
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.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
The only guide to man is his conscience , the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions. It is very imprudent to walk through life without this shield, because we are so often mocked by the failure of our hopes and the upsetting of our calculations, but with this shield, however the fates may play, we march always in the ranks of honor.
For with god all things are possible.