Inspirational Quotes
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Begin with the end in mind.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
I think therefore I am
We will either find a way or make one.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
God is merciful to those whom he sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that his grace will never come.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
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.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
Grow deep - not just tall.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
Children are all foreigners.
Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now. Because success is heavy, carries a responsibility with it, it is much easier to procrastinate and live on the 'someday I'll' philosophy.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
Whatever you are be a good one.
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
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.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Live your life and forget your age.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
Everything in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and through people.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
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.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
No man is wise enough by himself.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Great men are not always wise.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".