Inspirational Quotes
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
You become what you think about.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
Make the second effort your second nature.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
We have not yet begun to fight.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Security is a kind of death.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Love understands all languages.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, his eyes are closed.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't it's almost a cinch you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Be the best that you can be.
That first peak is the best place to pause and look back, to see if you took the easiest route, to learn the lessons from the first climb. And it is the best place to examine the terrain ahead, to change your plans and goals, to take a deep breath and begin climbing again.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
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.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Ability is sexless.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.