Inspirational Quotes
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Never stop dreaming.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Actions speak louder than words.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Nature does nothing uselessly.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
The book you don't read cant help.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Ideas... they have the power
The time is always right to do what is right.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
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.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
Begin with the end in mind.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
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.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
"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.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes-- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds'--can you help others do the same.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Life is what you make it.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.