Inspirational Quotes
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
They are able because they think they are able.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Don't quit.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
Attitude is everything.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Children are all foreigners.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Never say more than is necessary.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
The best things in life are free.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
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 beginning is the half of every action.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
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.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Learning is definitely not mere imitation or the ability to accumulate and conform to fixed knowledge. Learning is a constant process of discovery and never a concluding one. In JKD we begin not by accumulation but by discovering the cause of our ignorance, and oftentimes this involves a shedding process. Truth will not come until we have come to understand personally the whole process of the working of our being. After all, ultimately, knowledge in martial art simply means self-knowledge, and JKD can become intelligible only in the vigorous and constant process of self-inquiry and self-discovery.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Live your life and forget your age.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.