Inspirational Quotes
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
Reach for the stars.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
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.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The show must go on.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
The road to success is always under construction.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you can not do.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
The "Inside-Out" approach to personal and self , even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self - with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves precedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.