Inspirational Quotes
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
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.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
To go fast, row slowly.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
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.
Better late than never.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
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
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Where there's life, there's hope.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
The beginning is the half of every action.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
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.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
Without a general an army is lost.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Children are all foreigners.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Don't ever give up.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
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.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
You are what you think you are.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
He who hesitates is lost !
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.