Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on General

The journey is the reward.
Chinese Proverb

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently!
Charles Dudley Warner (1829–1900) American Essayist, Novelist

Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four Cs. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.
Walt Disney (1901–66) American Entrepreneur

We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
Unknown

Thought is action in rehearsal.
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian Psychiatrist, Psychoanalytic

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish Painter, Sculptor, Artist

Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.
Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France

Some men see things as they are and say, “Why?” I dream things that never were, and say, “Why not?”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish Playwright

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.
The 14th Dalai Lama (b.1935) Tibetan Buddhist Religious Leader, Civil Rights Leader, Philosopher, Author

We have ancient habits to deal with, vast structures of power, indescribably complicated problems to solve. But unless we abdicate our humanity altogether and succumb to fear and impotence in the presence of the weapons we have ourselves created, it is as possible and as urgent to put an end to war and violence between nations as it is to put an end to poverty and racial injustice.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer

It is because we don’t know who we are, because we are unaware that the Kingdom of Heaven is within us, that we behave in the generally silly, the often insane, the sometimes criminal ways that are so characteristically human. We are saved, we are liberated and enlightened, by perceiving the hitherto unperceived good that is already within us, by returning to our eternal ground and remaining where, without knowing it, we have always been.
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) English Humanist, Pacifist, Essayist, Short Story Writer, Satirist

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author

The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good.
Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic

If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
Michel de Montaigne (1533–92) French Essayist

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader

It is said an eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him with the words, ‘And this, too, shall pass away.’ How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!
Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State

I’m not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.
Tim Ferriss (b.1977) American Self-help Author

Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is we who control these, and not another.
Richard Bach (b.1936) American Novelist, Aviator

One is most dishonest to one’s god: he is not allowed to sin.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer

Picasso’s mother held great ambitions for him when he was a child. She instructed him: If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general. If you become a monk, you’ll end up as Pope”. Instead,” Picasso quipped, “I became a painter and became a Picasso”.
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish Painter, Sculptor, Artist

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined! As you simplify your life, the laws of the Universe will be simpler, solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher

Luck is always waiting for something to turn up. Labor, with keen eyes and strong will, always turns up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman will bring news of a legacy. Labor turns out at six o’clock and with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays the foundation of a competence. Luck whines. Labor whistles. Luck relies on chance, labor on character.
Richard Cobden

Always listen to the experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done and why. Then do it.
Robert A. Heinlein (1907–88) American Science Fiction Writer

The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher

We live in deeds, not years:
In thoughts, not breaths;
In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives
Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) English Poet

Most people would rather die than think, in fact, most do.
Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
Bert Williams (1876–1922) American Entertainer, Actor

The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.
Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
Friedrich Engels (1820–95) German Socialist Political Philosopher

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