Inspirational Quotes
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
Live with passion.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a personal god, a savior or a prophet to do everything for us. Long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from god, fear remains with us, but when we know ourselves to be the one, fear goes, of what can we be afraid ?
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
We will either find a way or make one.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Ideas... they have the power
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
The show must go on.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't it's almost a cinch you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
The point is that you can't be too greedy.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
Reach for the stars.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
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.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
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.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.