Inspirational Quotes
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 memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
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.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
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.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
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) .
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Love conquers all.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
There are many who's tongues might govern multitudes, if they could govern their tongues.
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
The show must go on.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
Honesty is the best image.
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
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 critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
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.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Be the best that you can be.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
The buck stops here.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.