Inspirational Quotes
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
I light my candle from their torches.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Be the best that you can be.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
Fortune favors the brave.
The way to happiness : keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Great men are not always wise.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Don't fear, just live right.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
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 higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
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.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Never complain about what you permit.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Every life form seems to strive to its maximum except human beings. How tall will a tree grow ? As tall as it possibly can. Human beings, on the other hand, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less. Why not stretch up to the full measure of the challenge and see what all you can do ?
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
Anything is possible.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
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.
All work is empty save when there is love.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
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.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
Don't fall victim to your own melodrama. Keep things in perspective. The odds are that your problem is solvable. Address the solution and don't dwell on the problem to the point at which it paralyzes you.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
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.