Inspirational Quotes
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
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.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.'
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Grow deep - not just tall.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
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.
Who is blind ? He who can see no other world. Who is dumb ? He who can say nothing pleasant about his lot. Who is poor ? He who is troubled with too many desires. Who is rich ? He who is happy with his lot.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Success is the child of audacity.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Remove failure as an option.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened. Winston Churchill When I want to read a novel, I write one.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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.
Without a general an army is lost.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
You can do what you want to do.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Only the educated are free.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
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.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
I have seen so many of these, and lived with them, and travelled with them, and oftentimes felt as if I should starve to death on an equal allowance, that I am fully convinced I am correct in saying that the North American Indians, taking them in the aggregate, even where they have an abundance to subsist on, eat less than any civilized population of equal numbers, that I have ever travelled amongst.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.