Inspirational Quotes
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
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.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Carpe diem.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
I know that many people feel that old age is a time to take it easy, but I compare my life now to being the last runner in a relay race. Would you have me slow down as I near the finish line ?
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
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 main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Courage is a moral quality , it is not a chance gift of nature like an aptitude for games. It is a cold choice between two alternatives, the fixed resolve not to quit , an act of renunciation which must be made not once but many times by the power of the will. Courage is will power.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon- instead of enjoying the roses blooming outside our windows today.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
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.
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Never stop dreaming.
Follow your dreams.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
Old love does not rust.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
He who hesitates is lost.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
You become what you think about.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.