Inspirational Quotes
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as painted, or composed music or wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Ability is sexless.
Better late than never.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Happiness is a choice.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
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.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look farther than you can see.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
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.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.