Inspirational Quotes
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Our intentions create our reality.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Nothing succeeds like success.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
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.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Faith can move mountains.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
After your jump, the net appears.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
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.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
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.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
"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.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
They can because they think they can.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Believe in yourself.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
He who has hope has everything.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.