Inspirational Quotes
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Kind words conquer.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
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.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.
The ready back gets all the loads.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
Live with passion !
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Wisdom is supreme , therefore make a full effort to get wisdom. Esteem her and she will exalt you , embrace her and she will honor you. Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
I light my candle from their torches.
Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Don't water your weeds.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
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.
Be the best that you can be.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
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 ?
We have not yet begun to fight.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
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.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
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.
In life you can never be too kind or too fair ; everyone you meet is carrying a heavy load. When you go through your day expressing kindness and courtesy to all you meet, you leave behind a feeling of warmth and good cheer, and you help alleviate the burdens everyone is struggling with.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.