Commitment Make You Clear & Pure From Inside

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.
~ Anthony Robbins

When there is commitment to make oneself clear and pure from inside, there is the ability to recognize and remove all that is waste and unnecessary. There is honesty and sincerity with oneself and every step is taken to remove all that is not good. When there is the ability to do that, there is an ability also to become a mirror for others to see their own perfection. To keep myself free from negativity means to see my own inner perfection. I am not caught up with my visible negativity, but am able to connect to my inner qualities. I am honest with myself and am able to work for my own inner growth.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
~ Buck Rodgers

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
~ Vince Lombardi

We usually look for happiness in all that we do. Unless there is an experience of attainment or visible fruit seen, we are not inspired to do the task. With such an attitude, although we do experience happiness for some time, we do not find it long lasting. Real and permanent happiness comes from our commitment towards our aim. When we are focused on that, the little things that we have to do which don't give us immediate happiness or which are difficult for us, don't stop us. We continue to move forward with happiness towards our aim.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Inspired by These Words of Wisdom!

1. There is no doubt in my mind that there are many ways to be a winner, but there is really only one way to be a loser and that is to fail and not look beyond the failure
~ Kyle Rote Jr

2. Most of the times we do manage to win over our weaknesses and achieve progress but sometimes we find that we are defeated at the wrong moment by our own weaknesses and thus experience failure. So instead of experiencing progress it is sometimes the case that we find ourselves moving back. In order to bring benefit to others and to ourselves, we should recognise and remove even the last trace of weakness that is working within ourselves. For that we need to have a constant checking about the real cause of the weakness and remove it. Such checking and changing helps me to overcome my weaknesses.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

3. The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake
~ Nelson Boswell

4. Errors become mistakes when we perceive them and respond to them incorrectly.
Mistakes become failures when we continually respond to them incorrectly.

5. Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe taht they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.
~ Thomas Edison

6. Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them
~ Washington Irving

7. When involved in something new, there is usually more fear for our failure than there is faith in success. So although we put in sufficient efforts towards achieving the target, we are not able to experience success. This fear neither makes us give our best to the task, nor does it ensure our success in anyway. We need to maintain the faith in our mind first about our own success. Because if we think in our mind that we have failed, we have failed even before we have actually attempted the task. What we need is a constant experience of success in the mind, which makes us increase the speed and intensity of our efforts.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Happiness Is The Present Moment....Enjoy Your Present Moment!!!

The gift of time that can always bring us happiness is the present moment. In remembrance of God and full consciousness of the present we have power over time. We have determination to say " I will do it now". There is no telling what time is going to bring. No knowing what will happen in the next moment. No guarantee for life. So to live each moment with all accounts settled, all duties done, everything completed is to truly live in this moment now. The ever-present company of God reminds us to make the best use of the present.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision,
but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of
happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
~ unknown

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy
simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
~ Storm Jameson

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
~ Margaret B. Runbeck

To find reasons to be happy is to increase happiness. When the mind searches for reasons to be sad and sorrowful, even situations with no great significance are seen with a vision of negativity. So there is constantly an expression of words and actions that reflect the need for sympathy and reassurance. On the other hand, when there is the search for happiness, then everything is positive giving happiness. It is like wearing coloured glasses. Whatever colour my glasses are, the whole world is coloured with it. Then, I am no longer able to perceive and recognize negativity and I am able to remain happy with everything.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu

It is not length of life, but depth of life.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make Your Thoughts Positive with Inspiring Quotes

"Be kind and merciful.
Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier."
~ Mother Teresa

To be sincere in removing weaknesses is to have the power to overcome them. While it is important to recognize strengths, it is also important to recognize and acknowledge weaknesses. With honesty, when we understand our weaknesses, with sincerity we are able to work towards overcoming them. We are then able to find the right method too. Let us take a positive thought connected to our weakness and remind ourselves of that thought at least 5 times a day. For example,if our weakness is anger, let us remind ourselves of our inherent peace with thoughts like - "I am a being of peace, peace is inherent within me." When we practice sincerely with this we find that strength emerges finishing weakness (peace emerges finishing anger).
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.

Learn from the past...
Hope for the future...
Live in the present.
~ Ken Lancaster

No one knows about your honesty or integrity unless you give them examples of it.

There is a little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
~ W. Clement Stone

Character is doing the right thing when no one is watching.
~ J. C. Watts

To make thoughts as pure as the actions is to be truly elevated. There is usually attention on the self not to perform any negative acts. There is also considerable attention not to speak any words that are harmful or negative. But very rarely is there that attention on the thoughts. Because of this a lot of negative thoughts tend to remain in the intellect causing trouble for me. I need to understand the fact that my thoughts form the basis for my words and actions. The more I pay attention to make my thoughts positive, the more it will have a positive impact on my words and actions too.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Confidence Is Key To Success !!!

With confidence, you can reach truly amazing heights; without confidence, even the simplest accomplishments are beyond your grasp.
~ Jim Loehr

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
~ Arthur Ashe

Confidence is having faith in someone or something. It means you trust that you have what it takes to handle whatever happens. It brings the strength to try new things. I practice confidence when I learn my own strengths and weaknesses, when I practice until I master something, when I am willing to try new things, when I am free from worries.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
~ Marcus Garvey

Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
~ Roger Staubach

The ones who have faith are able to believe in succeeding even in the most difficult circumstances. They will never say "I will try to do it" but their words reflect the confidence, which make them say, "I will do it". They are able to make best use of the available resources and also find yet undiscovered resources. When I am able to work with faith and believe in the success of a task, I'll naturally fill it with positive and powerful vibrations. This naturally ensures that the task is successful. Also people provide maximum support, as I am totally committed and confident.
~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Make The Right Decisions at the Right Time

Opportunity knocks at the strangest times,
It's not the time that matters But how you answer the door.
~ Steve Gray

"Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey.
It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived."
~ Captain Jean-Luc Picard

"Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience; wait it out. It's all about timing."
~ Unknown

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
~ John F. Kennedy

The benefit attained from meditation is the "incarnation of economy". This means that you have clarity of thought and have the ability to make the right decisions at the right time in every situation. When you make the right decisions consistently, then you achieve all your spiritual goals, desires and objectives with minimum energy. This means that you experience the greatest splendor with minimum expenditure. There is very little or minimum wastage of time, efforts and resources. Clarity of thought therefore is the ability to do the right things the very first time and never have to repeat things. To repeat things is very costly in time, money, resources and loss of opportunities. When you achieve the things that are under your control with minimum energy, then you are contented and where there is contentment there is happiness.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Move Forward with Motivational Thoughts!!!

"It's never too late to be what you might have been"
~ George Eliot

"Life consists not in holding good cards,
but in playing those you hold well."

"Every lucky happening and every lucky break are little gifts from God
above that are ours to freely take."
~ Helen Steiner Rice

"Remember, a kind and thoughtful deed
or a hand outstretched in a time of need is the rarest of gifts,
for it is a part, not of the purse, but a loving heart."
~ Helen Steiner Rice

A foolish person knows their strengths,
a wise person acknowledges their weaknesses
and makes allowances for them,
while a godly person seeks to overcome them.

"Our plans may be interrupted by storms, but God's plans never are.
In fact, the storm is part of His plan.
If we don't abandon ship, the winds of God will blow us right
where we belong--no matter how off course we feel."
~ Ron Hutchcraft

Success Based on Great Common Sense

"If you start to think the problem is `out there,' stop yourself.
That thought is the problem."
~ Stephen Covey

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
~ Dale Carnegie

"You were Made For Success - created for a unique and magnificent destiny!
Your future is limited only by the boundaries of your dreams and ideas and the size of your heart. Imagine for yourself a life of total success and happiness.
Dream the extraordinary!
Pursue your passion with faith and tenacity and you will bring that destiny into reality."
~ Chris Widener

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
~ Helen Gurley Brown

To have the determination to do things immediately is to ensure success. The one slogan that is good to remember is 'Now or never'. If we are not able to use the thought we have immediately we will never be able to, because the strength of the thought begins to gradually reduce till it doesn't seem important anymore. Also there might not be enough time for it in the future. Let us first think of something that we want to do and take a thought, "if I do it now it will happen or it can never happen." When we think in this way we will not postpone but do what is required immediately.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

Keep Your Energies Focused Towards The Goal.

Goals are the barriers that limit our ability to reach our true potential.
- David V. Ellison

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.
- Harold B. Melchart

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- Les Brown

Have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive mightily toward that goal.
- Harold E. Stassen

Difficulties increase the nearer we approach the goal.
- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe.

While moving towards my destination, I tend to get distracted with even the little things that happen. Even a small negative or positive incident is enough to distract my thoughts from my destination. I am sometimes so busy with such things that my vision moves away from my destination and I stop moving forward. I need to first clarify my goal. Once I have done this, I need to take care that my vision is focused on it. Even when situations come by, trying to distract me I need to remind myself that these are only side-scenes, which are not important for me. It is more important to keep my energies focused towards the goal.

~ Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

You can Make A Difference!!

He's spent nearly half his life in an iron lung and the other half in a wheelchair.

With so many personal challenges, surely he's been in no position to improve the quality of life for others. Or has he?

Ed Roberts personified the power of a single, committed moment of decision. He became the first quadriplegic to graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, and served as director of the California State Department of Rehabilitation.

A tireless advocate for disabled people, he has lobbied to secure all people's right of access and supplied many of the innovations that made these laws enforceable.

There are no excuses. YOU can Make A Difference!!

Make three decisions now that will change your health,

your career,
your relationships,
your life - and act upon them.

Motivate Yourself with Positive Thoughts

One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.
- Aristotle

The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition.
- Dwight Morrow

You will have to take charge of the whole movement, not as a leader, but as a servant. Do you know, the least show of leading destroys everything by rousing jealousy?
- Swami Vivekananda

Patience is passion tamed.
- Lyman Abbott

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval.
- Minot Simons

An inner power needed to make accurate decisions is the power to tolerate. Tolerance is not about having to put up with or endure. It's about respect for difference. It is about being able to appreciate diversity, the beauty in that diversity and difference. We need confidence to allow others to do what they are doing. Rigidity is a sign of lack of self-confidence and self-respect. It is better to have peace with someone than to have 100 percent perfection and tension. The quality of interaction comes from our ability to stop (that is not to be affected or influenced by what the other is doing). When I learn to stop, then I become more perceptive of the situation and am able to do make the right decision.
- Brahma Kumaris, Mt Abu.

High Achievers Plan Their Work & Work Their Plan

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.
- Buddhist Proverb

All high achievers plan their work and work their plan, for they are keenly aware that "luck" is most often being prepared to take advantage of a situation.
- Unknown

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.
We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do;
and probably he who nevër made a mistake nevër made a discovery.
- Samuel Smiles

Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it...
that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.
-Dale Carnegie

What is now proved was once only imagined.
- William Blake

Have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite
standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive
mightily toward that goal.
- Harold E. Stassen

Great Inspirational Thoughts

Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.
- Tyron Edwards

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
- The Dalai Lama

Forgiveness is all-powerful. Forgiveness heals all ills.
- Catherine Ponder

Self-restraint is a manifestation of greater power than all outgoing action. ... All outgoing energy following a selfish motive is frittered away; it will not cause power to return to you. But if restrained, it will result in development of power. This self-control will tend to produce a mighty will, a character which makes a Christ or a Buddha. Fools do not know this secret; they nevertheless want to rule mankind.
- Swami Vivekanand

"The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world."
- Blaine Lee

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."
- George Bernard Shaw

Empowerment comes with Inspiring Thoughts

Whatever happens in life is the requirement of our growth.
- Rosie Cash

"Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large."
- Mahatma Gandhi

“There is no moment like the present. The man who will not execute his resolutions when they are fresh upon him can have no hope from them afterwards: they will be dissipated, lost, and perish in the hurry and scurry of the world, or sunk in the slough of indolence. “
- Maria Edgeworth

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness
than what he has, or how he is regarded by others.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

Always do your best, and forget the rest. When things go
wrong, just remember this to shall pass.

"When your ready to give up on someone, remember why you held on."
- Anonymous

"Procrastination is the seed of self-destruction."
- Matthew Burton

Realize Your Potential

A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully and before it blossomed, he examined it.

He saw the bud that would soon blossom, but noticed thorns upon the stem and he thought, "How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns? Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and just before it was ready to bloom... it died.

So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose. The God-like qualities planted in us at birth, grow amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns, the defects.

We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential.

Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns of another, and find the rose within them.

This is one of the characteristic of love... to look at a person, know their true faults and accepting that person into your life... all the while recognizing the nobility in their soul. Help others to realize they can overcome their faults. If we show them the "rose" within themselves, they will conquer their thorns. Only then will they blossom many times over.

Begin to See Yourself .....

Begin Again
by: Collin McCarty, Source Unknown

One of the best things we can do in our lives is this:
Begin again.

Begin to see yourself as you were
When you were the happiest and strongest you've ever been.

Begin to remember what worked for you
(and what worked against you),
And try to capture the magic again.

Begin to remember how natural it was when you were a child --
To live a lifetime each day.

Begin to forget the baggage you have carried with you
For years:
The problems that don't matter anymore,
The tears that cried themselves away,
And the worries that are going to wash away
On the shore of tomorrow's new beginnings.

Tomorrow tells us it will be here every new day of our lives;
And if we will be wise,
We will turn away from the problems of the past
And give the future -- and ourselves -- a chance
To become the best of friends.
Sometimes all it takes is a wish in the heart to let yourself ..
Begin again.

Motivate Yourself with the Inspiring Thoughts

Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences.
No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.
- Thomas H. Huxley

Saddle your dreams before you ride 'em.
- Mary Webb

Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
- Aeschylus

A man does not know what he is saying
until he knows what he is not saying.
- G. K. Chesterton

Swift and resolute action leads to success;
self-doubt is a prelude to disaster.
- Joseph Addison

Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else.
No other argument is necessary to suggest that one never miss
the opportunity to give encouragement.
- George Adams

Believe in Yourself...

“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.”
- Swami Vivekananda

"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
- Mahatma Gandhi

"Life is a field of unlimited possiblilites."
- Deepak Chopra

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
- Walt Disney

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."
- Lao Tzu

"Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can."
- Richard Bach

Success Principles

A big flood hit a village.
Everyone was evacuated and fled for safety, except for one man who said, "God will save me. I have faith."

As the water level rose, a jeep came to rescue him but he refused help and said, "God will save me.I have faith."

As the water level rose further, he went up to the second floor, and a boat came to help him.
Again he refused to go saying, "God will save me. I have faith."

The water kept rising and finally he climbed to the roof.
A helicopter came to rescue him, but he said, "God will save me. I have faith."

Finally he drowned.

When he came face to face with his Maker he angrily commented, "I have complete
faith in you. Why did you ignore my prayers and let me drown?"

The Lord replied, "Who do you think sent the jeep, the boat, and the helicopter?"

SUCCESS PRINCIPLES :

* We must be accountable for what we do and not blame others for our shortcoming.
* We have to take the necessary action to help ourselves, rather than waiting, wishing and wondering what is happening in life.
* Nobody will help you unless you first decide to help yourself.
* Take action right now and do not waste any minute.
* You are responsible for your own failure or success!!

Think on This....

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
--Christopher Reeve, Actor and Speaker

"Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help you create the fact."
--William James, 19th Century psychologist

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”
-- Milton Berle

Think on this...

It seems to be a common mistake that people want to wait
until 'things are good' before feeling happy, or satisfied.

When you consider the fact that there are many people in
the World in much worse situations who are happy, this
mistake becomes apparent.

Our old enemy pessimism is a biased way of thinking. If you
are going to consider all the negatives about a situation,
you are lying to yourself if you do not also consider the
possible positives.

Negativity can become a habit, and one that comes naturally
to human beings. But balanced thinking can become a habit
too, even if it requires a bit more practice.

Your Actions are Important than Knowledge

"To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction."
-Isaac Newton

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
- Locke

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
- Thomas Henry Huxley

Strong reasons make strong actions.
- Shakespeare, King John

The actions of men are like the index to a book;
they point out what is most remarkable in them.
- Thomas

Best Happiness Quotes to Be Happy

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- Buddha

Happiness is always here, but covered by thoughts, desires and fears.
- Anonymous

Happiness comes from within.
- Anonymous

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
- Dale Carnegie

Pleasure comes from the outside, happiness from the inside.
- Anonymous

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
- Dick Gregory

Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results.
- Dennis Waitley

The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
- Anonymous

Be Grateful for What You Have.....

Be Grateful
by: Peter Gerhard, Source Unknown

Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.

When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trails to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to bring you joy.

Always put yourself in another's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't get on well in life until you let go of past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Success Of Life

Though good may come of practice,
This primal truth endures;
The first time anything is done,
It's done by amateurs.
- Art Buck

I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible, loving, human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest monuments of pride.
- William James

The way to make a true friend is to be one. Friendship implies loyalty, esteem, cordiality, sympathy, affection, readiness to aid, to help, to stick, to fight for if need be. Radiate friendship and it will return sevenfold.
- B.C. Forbes

The wise learn many things from their enemies.
- Aristophanes, "The Birds"

It is no use saying "We are doing our best".
You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
- Sir Winston Churchill

People who change their way of life and begin to think about making spiritual progress also begin to suffer from the tongues of detractors. Whoever has not yet suffered this trial has not yet made progress, and whoever is not ready to suffer it does not even endeavor to progress.
- Aurelius Augustinus

What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot

Get Powerful Energy with The Inspiring Thoughts

To fill the hour -- that is happiness.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you are right you cannot be too radical;
when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people.
- Rose Lane

He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.
- The Koran

The nonviolent approach does not immediately change the heart of the oppressor. It first does something to the hearts and souls of those committed to it. It gives them new self-respect; it calls up resources of strength and courage that they did not know they had. Finally it reaches the opponent and so stirs his conscience that reconciliation becomes a reality.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspired by the Problems!!!

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.
-- Paul J. Meyer

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
-- Albert Einstein

"Never let a problem become an excuse."
-- Robert Schuller

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it."
-- Albert Einstein

"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution."
-- Bertrand Russell

"To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?"
-- Jim Rohn

"When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously."
-- Norman Vincent Peale

“The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the solution”
-- Author Unknown

“It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.”
-- G. K. Chesterton

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”
-- Duke Ellington

“If we can really understand the problem, the answer will come out of it, because the answer is not separate from the problem”
-- Jiddu Krishnamurti

Motivate Yourself with The Challenges.....

You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind.
-- Darwin P. Kingsley

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.
-- Gail Sheehy

Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
-- George S. Patton

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
-- Lou Holtz

There is no Challenge more challenging than the challenge to improve yourself.
-- Michael F. Staley

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
-- Joshua J. Marine

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.
-- David O. McKay

You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.
-- Les Brown

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
-- Bernice Johnson Reagon

Beautiful Sayings on Beauty

"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."
- Kahlil Gibran

"Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye."
- Grey Livingston

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart."
- Helen Keller

"A person is only beautiful, when their own beauty, is reflecting on to others."
- Tara Grady

"Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone."
- Roy R. Gilson

"Life can put beauty in the things that you see."
- Author Unknown

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Beauty comes as much from the mind as from the eye."
- Grey Livingston

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."
- Kahlil Gibran

Powerful Quotes on Commitment

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.
-- Anthony Robbins

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
-- Buck Rodgers

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
-- Vince Lombardi

“Commitment unlocks the doors of imagination, allows vision, and gives us the "right stuff" to turn our dreams into reality.”
-- James Womack

“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.”
-- unknown

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.”
-- Peter F. Drucker

“To increase your effectiveness, make your emotions subordinate to your commitments”
-- Brian Koslow

Food For Thoughts

"A person's true character is revealed by what he does when no one is watching."

"Although the tongue weighs very little, very few people are able to hold it,"

"Success in a marriage is more than finding the right person. It's becoming the right person."

"Falling down doesn't make you a failure, but staying down does."

"Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond."

"Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head."

"The only preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today."

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."

"Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there."

"The heart is the happiest when it beats for others."

"He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot."

Attitude Thoughts

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. An excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor.
-- Alan Cohen, A Deep Breath Of Life

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.."
-- James Allen

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
-- Charles F. Kettering

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
-- William James

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
-- Alvin Toffler

The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the REALIST adjusts his sails.
- author unknown

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on.
-- Robert Frost

Thoughts For Life - Allow Your Own Inner Light to Guide You

Allow Your Own Inner Light to Guide You :

- There comes a time when you must stand alone.

- You must feel confident enough within yourself to follow your own dreams.

- You must be willing to make sacrifices.

- You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved.

- Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged.

- There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.

- Be strong enough to at least try to make your life better.

- Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.

- Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life.

- Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.

Best Thoughts on Achievement

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
-- Orison Swett Marden

The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
-- Napoleon Hill

Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
-- Confucius

My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.
-- Helen Hayes

Every great work, every big accomplishment, has been brought into manifestation through holding to the vision, and often just before the big achievement, comes apparent failure and discouragement.
-- Florence Scovel Shinn

Best Excellence Quotes

One of the most essential things you need to do for yourself is to choose a goal that is important to you. Perfection does not exist -- you can always do better and you can always grow.
-- Les Brown

There are countless ways of attaining greatness, but any road to reaching one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.
-- Buck Rodgers

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
-- Harriet Braiker

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.
--Aristotle

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
-- Vince Lombardi

Empowered Yourself from Lessons of Failure

Lord, are you trying to tell me something?
For...

Failure does not mean I'm a failure;
It does mean I have not yet succeeded.

Failure does not mean I have accomplished nothing;
It does mean I have learned something.

Failure does not mean I have been a fool;
It does mean I had enough faith to experiment.

Failure does not mean I have disgraced;
It does mean I have dared to try.

Failure does not mean I don't have it;
It does mean I have something to do in a different way.

Failure does not mean I am inferior;
It does mean I am not perfect.

Failure does not mean I have wasted my life;
It does mean that I have an excuse to start over.

Failure does not mean that I should give up;
It does mean that I should try harder.

Failure does not mean that I will never make it;
It does mean that I need more practice.

Failure does not mean that you have abandoned me;
It does mean that you must have a better idea.

Inspired Yourself from Your Fear of Failure

One who fears failure limits his activities.
Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.
- Henry Ford

Our greatest glory consist not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
- Oliver Goldsmith

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
- James A. Froude

Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
- Nelson A. Rockefeller

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
- Theodore Roosevelt

Go back a little to leap further.
- John Clarke

Failure teaches success.
- Japanese Saying

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
- Washington Irving

Motivate Yourself in Difficulties

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

It's not whether you get knocked down. It's whether you get up again.
- Vince Lombardi

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like.
- Mike Gafka

It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged.
- Edward W. Ziegler

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
- Henry Ford

The man of character finds an especial attractiveness in difficulty since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.
- Charles de Gaulle

Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
- Ronald E. Osborn

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.
- Ann Landers

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
- William E. Channing

TOP 10 Attitude Quotes to Empower Yourself...!!!

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

-- Lord Buddha

I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.

-- Ancient Persian Saying

When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities.

-- Quote by Deepak Chopra, Mind-Body Guru, author of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

-- By Anthony J. D'Angelo

Those who wish to sing, always find a song.

-- Swedish Proverb

If you don't think every day is a good day, just try missing one.

-- Cavett Robert

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

-- Abraham Lincoln

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

-- Winston Churchill

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Life's Little Instruction Book

The only disability in life is a bad attitude.

-- Scott Hamilton

Best Inspirational Quotes

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mahatma Gandhi

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
- Albert Einstein

I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward.
- Firdtjof Nansen

It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
- Chinese Proverb

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
- Helen Keller

We don't live in a world of reality,
we live in a world of perceptions.
- Gerald J. Simmons

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
- Henry Davod Thoreau

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
- Leo Tolstoy

Inspirational Quotations on Imagination

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein

A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.
- Michel de Montaigne

He who has imagination without learning, has wings and no feet.
- Joseph Joubert

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
- Mark Twain

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott

Inspired by your Dreams

All men dream but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible.
- T.E. Lawrence

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

A skillful man reads his dreams for self-knowledge, yet not the details but the quality.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
- Patrick Henry

The end of wisdom is to dream high enough not to lose the dream in the seeking of it.
- William Faulkner

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die,
life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
- Lanston Hughes

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
- Henry David Thoreau

Communication Quotes

The great thing is to know when to speak and when to keep quiet.
- Seneca the Younger

Be silent, or say something better than silence.
- Pythagoras

Many can argue - not many converse.
- A. Bronson Alcott

The first ingredient in conversation is truth:
the next good sense;
the third, good humor;
and the fourth wit.
- Sir William Temple

Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style.
- Jonathan Swift

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
- Sir Francis Bacon

Best Quotes for Good Health

"To insure good health: Eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life."
- William Londen

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."
- Siddartha Guatama Buddha

"To get rich never your risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth."
- Richard Baker

"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything."
- Arabian Proverb

"The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body."
- Harry J. Johnson

"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend."
- Benjamin Disraeli

"His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth."
- Oliver Goldsmith

"We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

"Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene — nine-tenths of it! "
- Henry Miller

Best Leadership Quotations

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.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
- Thomas Carlyle

Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
- Harold R. McAlindon

To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
- George Patton

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
- Solon

The real leader has no need to lead--
he is content to point the way.
- Henry Miller

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
- Polybius

Inspirational Quotes about "Integrity"

Our heritage and ideals, our codes and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
- Walt Disney

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
- Lee Iacocca

It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.
- Peter Drucker

Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
- Mary Kay Ash

The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and truth over popularity ... these are choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.
- Submitted by Michael Moore

Good values are easier caught than taught.
- Zig Ziglar

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Moral courage and character go hand in hand .... a man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic integrity and a firm sense of principle.
- Martha Boaz

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.
- Joan Borysenko

The power of man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doings.
- Blaise Pascal

Motivating Quotes for Knowledge

"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
– George Bernard Shaw

“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.”
- Christopher Morley

"Insecurity exists in the absence of knowledge."
- Anonymous

"Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune."
- Jim Rohn

"Man's flight through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge."
- U.S. Air Force

"Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement."
- Peter F. Drucker

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
- Albert Einstein

"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge."
- Daniel J. Boorstin

"'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant."
- John Abbott

Learn something new.Try something different.Convince yourself that youhave no limits.
- Brian Tracy

Inspiring Quotes for Strength

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
- Mahatma Gandhi

“Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.”
– Tom Chappel

"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft."
- Theodore Roosevelt

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye."
– Helen Keller

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do no pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks."
- Phillips Brooks

"It is truly said: It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do."
- Chow Ching

"It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account."
- Confucius

"It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do."
- Elbert Hubbard

"No one can defeat us unless we first defeat ourselves."
- Dwight Eisenhower

"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else."
- Erma Bombeck

Motivational Quotes on Success

To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
- Shakespeare

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
- Frank Loyd Wright

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
- Earl of Beaconsfield

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
- Robert Collier

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
- Thomas Jefferson

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration.
- Evan Esar

Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.
- Dennis Waitley

Success does not consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one a second time.
- Josh Billings

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
- Vince Lombardi

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
- Albert Einstein

Top 10 Motivational Quotes For Employees

"Whatever you can do - or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1832 - thanks Yvonne Bent)

"We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them." (Albert Einstein)

"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed." (Booker T Washington, 1856-1915, American Educator and African-American spokesman, thanks for quote M Kincaid, and for biography correction M Yates and A Chatterjee)

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." (President Harry S Truman)

"If you're not part of the solution you must be part of the problem." (The commonly paraphrased version of the original quote: "What we're saying today is that you're either part of the solution, or you're part of the problem" by Eldridge Cleaver 1935-98, founder member and information minister of the Black Panthers, American political activist group, in a speech in 1968 - thanks RVP)

"A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline." (Harvey Mackay - thanks Brad Hanson)

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you." (William James, American Philosopher, 1842-1910 - thanks Jean Stevens)

"In the midst of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." (Albert Camus, 1913 - 1960, French author & philosopher)

"A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." (George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950.)

"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than the giant himself." (Didacus Stella, circa AD60 - and, as a matter of interest, abridged on the edge of an English £2 coin)

Motivational Quotes on Power...!!!

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to
test a man's character, give him power."

 

- Abraham Lincoln

 

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been
owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.

 

- Isaac Newton (1642-1727)
English Scientist

 

Take full account of what excellencies which you possess,
and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after
them, if you had them not.

 

- Marcus Aurelius

 

"Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even
though you never touch its coat-tails."

 

- Clarence Darrow

Popular Quotes on Believe

"Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself."

 

- Liberace

 

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

 

- Henry Ford

 

"This above all: to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man."

 

- William Shakespeare

 

"He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. "

 

- John Milton

Be Yourself Motivating Quotes.

Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy
them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.

- Norman Vincent Peale

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and
take without forgetting.

- Elizabeth Bibesco

"We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves."

- Eric Hoffer

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

- Beverly Sills (1929-)
American Opera Singer

Inspiring Quotes on Beauty

"The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity."

 

- Ruby Dee

 

The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

 

- Confucius

 

Laughter is the language of the Gods.

 

- Buddhist saying

 

"Do something. If it doesn't work, do something else. No idea is too crazy."

 

- Jim Hightower

Famous Happiness Quotes & Sayings

When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy.

 

- Samuel Goldwyn

 

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

 

- A.W. Pinero

 

"Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness."

 

- Robertson Davies

Funny Joke - Peanuts.

A tour bus driver is driving with a bus load
Of seniors down a highway
When he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady.
She offers him a handful of peanuts,   

 

Which he gratefully munches up.

 

After about 15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder

 

Again and she hands him another handful of peanuts.  

 

She repeats this gesture about five more times.

 

When she is about to hand him another batch again

 

He asks the little old lady,

 

"why don`t you eat the peanuts yourself?".

 

"We can't chew them because we've no teeth", she replied.

 

The puzzled driver asks,

 

"Why do you buy them then?"

 

The old lady replied, 

 

"We just love the chocolate around them."

Inspirational Text Lines on Courage n Will...!!!

As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.

- Andre Norton

Have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive mightily toward that goal.

- Harold E. Stassen

Time and money spent in helping men do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

- Henry Ford

Inspirational Poem by Ann Martin

Inspirations on the breeze
Landing on your ears with ease
Words to encourage and to calm
Quieting your heart like a psalm
The Lord whispers sweet words to you
Giving guidance, helping to know what to do
His words come floating, caressing your soul
Listen carefully, He can make you whole
He tenderly reaches out His hand
Searching for the broken in the land
He longingly desires to embrace
You and all the fears you face
His gentle touch will bring release
Reach out to Him and receive His peace.

~~~ Ann Martin ~~~

Belief Quotes - Top 10 Believing in Yourself Quotations.

Develop Positive Attitude Quotes - Believing in Yourself...!!!

It is hope in this wider sense which enabled my father to build, from scratch, one of India's largest modern enterprises. He was an undertaking powered by hard work, initiative, self-belief but, above all else, the capacity, as he would often say, "to dream with your eyes wide open".

- Anil Ambani (Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group)

The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. Most people believe that aging is universal but there are biological organisms that never age.

- Deepak Chopra (Medical Doctor & Popular Contemporary Writer)

Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.

- Samuel Moore Walton (Founder of 2 American Retailers, Wal-Mart & Sam's Club)

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious.

- Vincent Thomas Lombardi (One of the Most Successful Coaches in the History of American Football)

I absolutely believe in the power of tithing and giving back. My own experience about all the blessings I've had in my life is that the more I give away, the more that comes back. That is the way life works, and that is the way energy works.

- Ken Blanchard (American Businessman, Owner of Ken Blanchard Companies)

I believe through learning and application of what you learn, you can solve any problem, overcome any obstacle and achieve any goal that you can set for yourself.

- Brian Tracy (Self Help Author, Chairman of Brian Tracy International)

If you believe that some day it's going to happen, some day it probably will happen. You just have to make sure you're there when it's happening, and ideally you're at the front of the parade, and the principle beneficiary of when it happens, but it's not a kind of thing where you just sort of sit back and wait.

- Steve Case (Co-founder & CEO of America Online (AOL))

Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.

- Mary Kay Ash (American Businesswoman & the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc.)

I work with wonderful people who support me. And, my beliefs are that the business needs to serve the family rather than the family serve the business.

- Kathy Ireland (American Supermodel, Actress, Author and Entrepreneur)

Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

- Norman Vincent Peale (Christian Preacher, Author & Progenitor of the theory of "Positive Thinking")

Inspiring Messages, Famous Quotes by Swami Vivekananda.

~ Swami Vivekananda ~

[1863-1902]

The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, at which he represented Hinduism. People who saw or heard Vivekananda even once still cherish his memory after a lapse of more than half a century.


"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced."


"Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through selfless work."


"We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act."


"You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."


"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."


"The goal of mankind is knowledge. Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside - it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what man 'learns' is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge."


"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."


"Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being."


"The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong."

Inspirational Quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Full Name :- Tsering, Tensin
(Tenzin Gyatso; the [14th] Dalai Lama)

Biography Tibetan Buddhist religious leader;
Nobel Prize in Peace 1989.
Head of the Dge-lugs-pa order of Tibetan Buddhists.


Inspirational Quotes
by His Holiness the Dalai Lama...
(Below quotes have impressed me lot and I would like to share them with you)

Love and kindness are the very basis of society. If we lose these feelings, society will face tremendous difficulties; the survival of humanity will be endangered.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness"

The mind's own basic nature is ultimately neutral. It can be influenced by negative as well as by positive emotions. Take, for instance, those who have a short tempter. When I was young I was quite short-tempered. However, the mood never lasted for twenty-four hours. If negative emotions are in the very nature of our mind, then as long as the mind is functioning the anger must remain. That, however is not the case. Similarly, positive emotions are also not in the nature of the mind. The mind is something neutral, reflecting all sorts of different experiences or phenomena.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from 'Live in a Better Way: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness'.

I would like to explain the meaning of compassion, which is often misunderstood. Genuine compassion is based not on our own projections and expectations, but rather on the rights of the other: irrespective of whether another person is a close friend or an enemy, as long as that person wishes for peace and happiness and wishes to overcome suffering, then on that basis we develop genuine concern for his or her problem. This is genuine compassion. Usually when we are concerned about a close friend, we call this compassion. This is not compassion; it is attachment. Even in marriage, those marriages that last only a short time do so because of attachment although it is generally present but because there is also compassion. Marriages that last only a short time do so because of a lack of compassion; there is only emotional attachment based on projection and expectation. When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one’s projections to change. As soon as our projections change, the attachment disappears because that attachment was based solely on projection and expectation. It is possible to have compassion without attachment and similarly, to have anger without hatred. Therefore we need to clarify the distinctions between compassion and attachment, and between anger and hatred. Such clarity is useful in our daily life and in our efforts towards world peace. I consider these to be basic spiritual values for the happiness of all human beings, regardless of whether one is a believer or a nonbeliever.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from Peace to all beings...site BigHappyBuddha.com

It is our custom to say that someone is "lucky" or "unlucky" if they meet with fortunate or unfortunate circumstances, respectively. It is however, too simplistic to think in terms of random "luck." Even from a scientific point of view, this is not a sufficient explanation. Should something unfortunate happen, we immediately think, "Oh, how unlucky!" And yet this is not sufficient to explain what happened- there must be a cause. We seem to cal "luck" that factor which overrides external conditions to bring about a positive situation. But that too is a cause; it is an inner cause, which we call "merit.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "Answers: Discussions with Western Buddhists"

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight"

Before we can generate compassion and love, it is important to have a clear understanding of what we understand compassion and love to be. In simple terms, compassion and love can be defined as positive thoughts and feelings that give rise to such essential things in life as hope, courage, determination, and inner strength. In the Buddhist tradition, compassion and love are seen as two aspects of the same thing: Compassion is the wish for another being to be free from suffering; love is wanting them to have happiness.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "The Compassionate Life".

When receiving the teachings, it is important to have the correct attitude. It is not practicing the Dharma properly to listen with the intention of gaining material advantage or reputation. Neither should our goal be higher rebirth in the next life, nor should we be wishing only for our own liberation from samsara. These are all attitudes we should reject. Instead, let us listen to the teachings with the determined wish to attain the state of omniscience for the sake of all beings.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama from "The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom"

In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom"

Many ancient Indian masters have preached nonviolence as a philosophy. That was a more spiritual understanding of it. Mahatma Gandhi, in this twentieth century, produced a very sophisticated approach because he implemented that very noble philosophy of nonviolence in modern politics, and he succeeded. That is a very great thing. It has represented an evolutionary leap in political consciousness, his experimentation with truth."

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in an interview with Catherine Ingram, from "The Dalai Lama, A Policy of Kindness"

Human beings by nature want happiness and do not want suffering. With that feeling everyone tries to achieve happiness and tries to get rid of suffering, and everyone has the basic right to do this. In this way, all here are the same, whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, Easterner or Westerner, believer or non-believer, and within believers whether Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and so on. Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value we are all the same."

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "Kindness, Clarity, and Insight."

Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure. At least we will be able to prevent the advent of negative conduct dominated by negative emotion. That is 'shila', or moral ethics. Once we develop this by familiarizing ourselves with it, along with mindfulness and conscientiousness, eventually that pattern and way of life will become a part of our own life.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "Live in a Better Way: Reflections on Truth, Love and Happiness"

We find that if a person lives a very selfish life and is never concerned about the welfare of others, he will have few friends, and people will not take much notice of him. At the time of his death, there will not be many people who will regret his passing. Some deceptive and negative persons may be very powerful and wealthy, and therefore some people- for economic reasons and so forth- might portray themselves as friends, but they will speak against such person behind their back. When these negative person die, these very same "friends" may rejoice at their death.

On the other hand, many people mourn and regret the death of a person who is very kind and always altruistic and who works for the benefit of others. We find that altruism, as well as the person who possesses it, is regarded as the friend of all, and it becomes the object of veneration and respect by others.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "Path to Bliss: A Practical Guide to Stages of Meditation".

With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world. According to my own experience, self-confidence is very important. That sort of confidence is not a blind one; it is an awareness of ones own potential. On that basis, human beings can transform themselves by increasing the good qualities and reducing the negative qualities.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, from "The Dalai Lama's Book of Wisdom".

Gandhi's Talisman - Mahatma Gandhi's Famous Quotations

Gandhi's Talisman

 

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."

 

- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.

 

Source: Mahatma Gandhi,
[Last Phase, Vol. II (1958), P. 65]

Spread Some Love Today

A loving heart, a gentle smile
a warm and tender touch
We give so many things in life
but nothing means as much.
A little inspiration
when one loses hope,
A kind word of encouragement
when they no longer seem to cope.
A simple phrase, "I love you"
when no one else is there
Taking hold onto a handing
a little heartfelt prayer.
Love is never silent
It has so much to say,
And it is our greatest blessing
when we give it all away.

Spread Some Love Today...!!!

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Famous Quotes.

Check some Famous Quotes, which I like...

 

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being."

 

- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

 

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

 

- Helen Keller

 

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

 

- General George S. Patton

Motivational and Positive Quotes

Feel free to tell yourself that you are the greatest of all. It's not being cocky; it's being your own motivator. No one in the entire world will audition to play that role except for you.

 

--- Author Unknown

 

"Expect people to be better than they are,
It helps them to become better.
But don't be disappointed when they are not;
It helps them to keep trying."

 

--- Merry Browne

 

You won before, now do it again.

 

--- Author Unknown

Famous Motivational Thoughts.

"In all the universe, in all time, you are the only you. Never have molecules come together exactly like you, never again will your footsteps be repeated upon this earth. Your strength is the strength someone can count on, your life is the life that can make a difference."

 

-- Author Unknown

 

Live your life and forget your age.

 

-- Norman Vincent Peale

 

If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

 

-- David Viscott

Inspiring Thoughts

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

 

- Sigmund Freud

 

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best - that is inspiration

 

- Robert Bresson

 

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration

 

- Thomas Alva Edison

 

Have an inspired day!

Inspirational Quotations

We only become what we are by the radical and deep-seated refusal of that which others have made of us.
- Jean Paul Sartre

 

Enlightenment isn't a bright light that shines eternally but the lightning flashes that lead you on.
- Author Unknown

 

All power is within you. You can do anything and everything.
- Author Unknown

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