Inspirational Quotes
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.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
A bold onset is half the battle.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
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.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
You are what you think you are.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
Reach for the stars.
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.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
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.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
You can do what you want to do.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
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.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
We must be the change we wish to see.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
We must have friendship for all, we must be merciful toward those that are in misery, when people are happy, we ought to be happy, and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
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.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
Ideas... they have the power
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.