Inspirational Quotes
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.
You are made from the same energy source that has created the oceans, the forests, the mountains, the valleys and all the stars in the sky. So tell me again, why you don't have the strength and power to create whatever you desire?
What a great feeling to look back on what you've already climbed What a man really wants is creative challenge with sufficient skills to bring him within the reach of success so that he may have the expanding joy of achievement.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
I want everyone to be the way I strive to become -- to be himself in his truth. Do not follow me, follow yourself ! is the existential challenge. Self-being awakens self-being but does not force itself on it.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
We will either find a way or make one.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Action is the antidote to despair.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
There are no gains without pains.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Don't think it, ink it.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
Do it now !
Be the best that you can be.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
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.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.