Inspirational Quotes
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
Actions speak louder than words.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
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.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Embrace your inner voice.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
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.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Follow your dreams.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
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.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
You are what you think you are.
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.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
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.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Security is a kind of death.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.