Inspirational Quotes

Good parents give their children Roots and Wings. Roots to know where home is, wings to fly away and exercise what's been taught them.

We must begin to make what I call "conscious choices," and to really recognize that we are the same. It's from that place in my heart that I write my songs.

If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterward.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.

Build what you want to see in the world.

To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

In some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.

When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

The greater the Difficulty the more Glory in surmounting it, and the loss of false Joys secures to us a much better Possession of real ones.

Yoga ia a way of moving into stillness in order to experience the truth of who you are.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

There ain't no troubles that we can't rise above, with a handful of faith and a heartful of love.

Life is fragile. We're not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you've got.

We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension.

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy.

Any damn fool can navigate the world sober. It takes a really good sailor to do it drunk.

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.

Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.

the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become

The heart should be cultivated with more assiduity than the head.

Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be.

There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.

Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

Two types of voices command your attention today. Negative ones fill your mind with doubt, bitterness, and fear. Positive ones purvey hope and strength. Which one will you choose to heed?

It never gets easier; you just go faster.

The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies.

Busy souls have no time to be busybodies.

Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what is possible.

One of the things I like about my profession, and that I find healthy, is that one constantly has to break oneself to pieces.

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

I'm pretty comfortable with my body. I'm imperfect. The imperfections are there. People are going to see them, but I take the view you only live once.

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.

Right is right, even if no one else does it.

The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

Stop running to those who ignore you and start running to those who adore you.