Inspirational Quotes
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
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 great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
To ask the hard question is simple.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Those who laugh - last!!
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
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.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Grow deep - not just tall.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.