Inspirational Quotes
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
The positive thinker is a hard-headed, tough-minded, and factual realist. He sees all the difficulties clearly... which is more than can be said for the average negative thinker. But he sees more than difficulties -- he tries to see the solutions of those difficulties.
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.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
There is something inside all of us that yearns not for reason but for mystery, not for penetrating clear thought but for the whisperings of the irrational, not for science but for wizardry disguised as science, not for rationally founded influence but for magic.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
All of the most successful human beings I've know were inwardly at war with themselves. Their turmoil was at least as great as our own, and sometimes greater. What distinguished these leaders was not some inner peace but rather how they had learned to organize their lives around a noble ambition and to focus on it.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Sacrifice is giving up something good for something better.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
God doesn't make junk.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind, therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moments you reject all help, are you free. Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life.
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
I love Ray, and I love how he always spoke from the heart, but if you listened to those speeches, a lot of them didn't even make sense. He meant everything he was saying, but I didn't know what he was talking about 90 percent of the time.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
In addition to self-awareness, imagination, and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment -- independent will -- that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
Hard work pays off.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth - brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god.
Success leaves clues.
One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
You must motivate yourself every day.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
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.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.