Inspirational Quotes
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus ; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Live your dreams.
Live life with passion.
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
It looks as if there were a single ultimate goal for mankind, a far goal toward which all persons strive. This is called variously by different authors self-actualization, self- realization, integration, psychological health, individuation, autonomy, creativity, productivity, but they all agree that this amounts to realizing the potentialities of the person, that is to say, becoming fully human, everything that person can be.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
He who hesitates is lost.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Strike while the iron is hot.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Leaders are people who are able to express themselves fully, they know who they are, what their strengths and weaknesses are, and how to fully deploy their strengths and compensate for their weaknesses. They also know what they want, why they want it, and how to communicate what they want to others, in order to gain compensation and support. Finally, they know how to achieve their goals. The key to full self-expression is understanding one's self and the world, and the key to understanding is learning -- from one's own life and experience.
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.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
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.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
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.
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.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
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.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
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.
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Know thyself was the inscription over the Oracle at Delphi. And it is still the most difficult task any of us faces. But until you truly know yourself, strengths and weaknesses, know what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can not succeed in any but the most superficial sense of the word. The leader never lies to himself, especially about himself, knows his flaws as well as his assets, and deals with them directly. You are your own raw material. When you know what you consist of and why you want to make of it, then you can invent yourself.
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don't. If you'd like to win, but think you can't it's almost a cinch you won't. Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
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.
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
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
There was no hope on earth, and god seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the son of god, others did not see him. If he had come, he would do some great things as he had done before. We doubted it because we had seen neither him nor his works.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
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.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?