Inspirational Quotes
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization... . Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Live life with passion.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
Happiness is a choice.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
In order to succeed you must fail so that you know what not to do the next time.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
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.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Love sees roses without thorns.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
They can because they think they can.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
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.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
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.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade !
There are no gains without pains.
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.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.