Inspirational Quotes
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
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.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Remember, there is no situation so completely hopeless that something constructive can not be done about it. When faced with a minus, ask yourself what you can do to make it a plus. A person practicing this attitude will extract undreamed-of outcomes from the most unpromising situations. Realize that there are no hopeless situations, there are only people who take hopeless attitudes.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Ideas... they have the power
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
We will either find a way or make one.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
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.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
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.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason but for mystery, not for penetrating clear thought but for the whisperings of the irrational, not for science but for wizardry disguised as science, not for rationally founded influence but for magic.
If I were required to guess off-hand, and without collusion with higher minds, what is the bottom cause of the amazing material and intellectual advancement of the last fifty years, I should guess that it was the modern-born and previously non-existent disposition on the part of men to believe that a new idea can have value.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
Procrastination is the thief of time.