Inspirational Quotes
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Are we to love only those who deserve our love ? Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you , that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
In each man there is a priceless treasure that is in no other. Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it even the greatest, has already achieved.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
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.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Strike while the iron is hot.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
You only get out what you put in.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
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.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak, do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Truth is eternal.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Practice makes perfect.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
None are homely who smile.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
Love conquers all.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
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.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
He who has hope has everything.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Happiness is a choice.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
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
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.