Inspirational Quotes
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
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.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world. There is a terror in its manner which is sensibly felt, the moment we enter its muddy waters from the Mississippi.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
I know people that got diagnosed with Parkinson's, and they just gave up. Sat in a wheelchair and refused to get up. I'll never give up. Some day this will probably take me, but I'm not going to walk away from life.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
For with god all things are possible.
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.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Action is the antidote to despair.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Never say more than is necessary.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
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.
The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
I didn't have time to hire half my coaching staff. I didn't know any of the players by sight, but somehow we got through spring ball with the help of a couple of graduate assistants.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.