Inspirational Quotes
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore, make your own future.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
This is the beginning of a new day.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
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.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Well done is better than well said.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Happiness is a choice.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
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.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
They are able because they think they are able.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
We came to enjoy, we are being enjoyed. We came to rule, we are being ruled. We came to work, we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
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.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
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.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
Until we take how we see ourselves (and how we see others) into account, we will be unable to understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. Unaware, we will project our intentions on their behavior and call ourselves objective.
Happiness is a state of activity.
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.
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.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
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.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
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.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.