Inspirational Quotes
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Honesty is the best image.
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
In all the other movies that I’ve done, as well as my life. You know, I’ve been tagged. I guess we all have been tagged, right? We’re all alive. Right here, right now! This is happening. We’re alive!
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Love like you've never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, live as though heaven is on earth.
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.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Live life with passion.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Love understands all languages.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
Authentic leaders have absorbed the fundamental fact of existence -- that you can't get around life's inherent contradictions. The leadership mind is spacious. It has ample room for the ambiguities of the world, for conflicting feelings, and for contradictory ideas. I believe that the central leadership attribute is the ability to manage polarity.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Children are all foreigners.
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.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success -- or are they holding you back ?
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Truth fears no questions.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
The one thing that separates winners from losers is, winners take action!
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
You only get out what you put in.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
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.
I never read a food column and think 'Wow I value your opinion' because everyone has an opinion now. What makes a columnist an expert? If you stay focused on your own goal, you'll be fine. It's when you start looking too far out that you're going to get lost.