Inspirational Quotes
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
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.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
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 ?
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Reach for the stars.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
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.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
What is the use of living if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Honesty is the best image.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Love sees roses without thorns.
Don't take no for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you can not hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed by youth.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
They alone live, who live for others.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
Slow but steady wins the race.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Faith can move mountains.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
For with god all things are possible.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Begin with the end in mind.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
The best way out is always through.
Do what you love and the money will follow
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
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. '
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
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.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
Believe in yourself.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.