Inspirational Quotes
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.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Hunker down.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
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.
My friends are my estate.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Actions speak louder than words.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The road to success is always under construction.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
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 memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
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.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
Don't go through life, grow through life.
The whole universe is only the self with variations, one tune made bearable by variations. Sometimes there are discords, but they only make the subsequent harmony more perfect. In this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true, this I have learnt after suffering all my life, all else is mere moonshine.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
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.
When asked about clinching a playoff berth for Cleveland Browns during the 2023 NFL regular season - "You don't know how many of these moments you're going to get. Not too many people get the opportunity to have kids as old as mine and that understand what's going on - get to witness this. I'm going to remember this for the rest of my life. And anything that you get to do with people that you love, especially your children, they just make everything that much more special."
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
I think therefore I am
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
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.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
If you would create something, you must be something.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.