The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
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.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
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.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
When I was a young man, I found out that if you hurt somebody, they'll leave you alone. When I tried to leave everybody alone and just do my own thing, everybody just wanted to hurt me. Until one day I just decided, well, I've had enough of this picking. And there were like six young men still figuring they were going to mess with my head. And we went to war. To their surprise, I was no longer taking the beating, I was giving it.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
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.
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.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
They alone live, who live for others.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
Old love does not rust.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.