Inspirational Quotes
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
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.
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.
We need to embrace that the things that we love come to an end. And to not take them for granted. To step back & make sure we really live in the moments which matter to us. Not just being there as a participant. But to really be there a 100%.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Do not wait ; the time will never be "just right". Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
To go fast, row slowly.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
This life is a hard fact, work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine, no matter, the soul is stronger. I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step, those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace, and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Talkers are no good doers.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Our inheritance of well-founded, slowly conceived codes of honor, morals, and manners, the passionate convictions which so many hundreds of millions share together of the principles of freedom and justice, are far more precious to us than anything which scientific discoveries could bestow.
Don't water your weeds.
Never stop dreaming.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
None are homely who smile.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Success is never wondering what if.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
There is no education like adversity.
Without a general an army is lost.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
Sow a thought, and you reap an act , Sow an act, and you reap a habit , Sow a habit, and you reap a character , Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
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.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
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.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Freedom requires the capacity to accept, bear and live constructively with anxiety. I refer of course to the normal anxiety all of us experience at every step in our psychological growth as well as in this upset contemporary world. To be free means to face and bear anxiety, to run away from anxiety means automatically to surrender one's freedom.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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.
Am I motivated by what I really want out of life or am I mass-motivated ?