Inspirational Quotes
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Ideas without action are worthless.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Look back on times of adversity with hope for the future, not regret for the past. Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Whatever it takes !
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
We have not yet begun to fight.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer.
You're gonna have to learn your cliches. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to learn them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends. Write this down: "We gotta play 'em one day at a time."
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
When I asked god for strength He gave me difficult situations to face When I asked god for brain & brawn He gave me puzzles in life to solve When I asked god for happiness He showed me some unhappy people When I asked god for wealth He showed me how to work hard When I asked god for favors He showed me opportunities to work hard When I asked god for peace He showed me how to help others God gave me nothing I wanted He gave me everything I needed
Every cloud has a silver lining.
I am the captain of my soul.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
It's never too late.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence. Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Ability is sexless.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
Get into a line that you will find to be a deep personal interest, something you really enjoy spending twelve to fifteen hours a day working at, and the rest of the time thinking about.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.