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.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
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.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
The book you don't read cant help.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
There is time for everything.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do 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.
We will either find a way or make one.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
To ask the hard question is simple.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it , they feel it, they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do it in every area of your life. Before performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone''. Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Are you bored with life ? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Conflict itself is, of course, a sign of relative health as you would know if you ever met really apathetic people, really hopeless people, people who have given up hoping, striving, and coping.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Well done is better than well said.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in god. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life ?
The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease