Inspirational Quotes
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
Believe in yourself.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Ability is sexless.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
To me, at least the way that I teach it, all types of knowledge ultimately means self-knowledge. So, therefore they're coming in and asking me to teach them not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Do what you love and the money will follow
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
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.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
Live life with passion.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
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.
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.
Many hands make light work.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
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.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
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.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.