Inspirational Quotes
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
You see, it's never the environment ; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow. quotes
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Know thyself.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
Ability is sexless.
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.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
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.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
The best way out is always through.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Well done is better than well said.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
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.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Only the educated are free.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
No involvement, no commitment.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.
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.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
Talkers are no good doers.
They can because they think they can.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be self-evident , that all men are created equal.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.