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

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