Inspirational Quotes
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
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.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
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.
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.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
The best things in life are free.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Every artist was first an amateur.
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.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
There is no education like adversity.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
A teacher, a really good teacher, is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to truth. Therefore, a good teacher, or, more appropriately, a guide, studies each student individually and helps to awaken the student to explore himself, both internally and externally, and ultimately to integrate himself with his being. All in all, a teacher acts as a catalyst, and not only must he have a tremendous understanding; he must also possess a sensitive mind with great flexibility and adaptability.
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.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
Without a general an army is lost.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
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.
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.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
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.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Experience is not what happens to a man, it's what a man does with what happens to him.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
If there is a will, there is a way.
For with god all things are possible.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
All work is empty save when there is love.
Success leaves clues.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.