Famous Inspirational Quotes

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists.

 

- Bennett, Arnold

TOP 5 Inspiring Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

1> God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.

 

2> We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.

 

3> Purity, Patience, and Perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, Love.

 

4> Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

 

5> Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

 

--- Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Motivational Sayings - God Says "You Must Make Your Way".

What you seek is perilous to you;
for you must journey to my hidden temple.
Through danger and difficulty
you must make your way and falter not
and only then can I reveal Myself unto you.

 

--- Wicca - The Old Religion in the New Millennium (p230 - The encounter with the Goddess),  by Vivianne Crowley, published by Thorsons (1996).

 

Motivational Quotes

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.

 

- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

 

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

 

- Jane Smiley

 

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

 

- Norman Vincent Peale

Positive Sayings for Life

Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.

-- Grover Cleveland

There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail."

-- Jim Collins, from his book, Good to Great

Inspirational Quotes on Excellence & Focus

A thoroughbred horse never looks at the other horses.
It just concentrates on running the fastest race it can.

-- Henry Fonda (1905-1983) Actor

Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations)
are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion
for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.

-- Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great"

Inspirational Messages by Lord Krishna

No matter what conditions you encounter in life, your right is only to the works - not to the fruits thereof. You should not be impelled to act for selfish reasons, nor should you be attached to inaction.
-Bhagavad Gita 2.47

He who sees me in all things, and all things in me, is never far from me, and I am never far from him.
-Lord Krishna from Chapter 6, Bhishma(P. Lal); also part of Bhagavad Gita

Wherever there is Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, and wherever there is Arjun, the wielder of the bow, there will indeed abide, prosperity, victory, glory, and righteousness; this is my firm conviction.
-Bhagavad Gita 18.78