Inspirational Quotes
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
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.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
A man builds a fine house ; and now he has a master, and a task for life ; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Be Here Now.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Our intentions create our reality.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
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.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Anything is possible.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
Never complain about what you permit.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
All work is empty save when there is love.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a job, I'll start living my life the way I want someday after the mortgage is paid off, the finances are on track and the kids are grown up, I'll drive that new car and take exciting trips abroad someday, now that I'm 9 about to retire, I'll buy that beautiful motor home and travel across this great country, and see all there is to see someday.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
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.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
Whenever we're afraid, its because we don't know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
All that is real in me is god. All that is real in god is I. The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
I do not believe in styles anymore. I do not believe that there is such a thing as the Chinese way of fighting or the Japanese way of fighting, or any other way of fighting, because unless a human being has three arms and four legs, there can be no different form of fighting. To me, ultimately, martial art means honestly expressing yourself.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
But inaction itself is a kind of action, and it has consequences. Consistently and absolutely maintained, inaction would necessarily lead to swift ruin , it would be a form of suicide. A refusal to enter into the world is a refusal to meet the challenge of reality which darkly demands that I dare and find out what will happen. In my situation I bear responsibility for what occurs because I do not intervene , if I can do something and I don't do it, I am guilty of the consequences of my inaction.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it , and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the ocean of life and bliss.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.