All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
You are what you think you are.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
Don't quit.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
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.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
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.
Where there's life, there's hope.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment, try new things. He does not worry about failure, but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
God doesn't make junk.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
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.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Kindness is always fashionable.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
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.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
You can have anything you want ? if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.