Inspirational Quotes
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
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.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
I have realized god sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see god in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
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.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
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 real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
My life is my message.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
We reap what we sow - we are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing, those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind ? We make our own destiny.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
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 I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Kindness is always fashionable.