Motivational Quotes - Page 196

So many people feel that they have to wait for certain experiences in order to feel the emotions they desire. For instance, they don't give themselves permission to feel loved or happy or confident unless a particular set of expectations is met. I'm here to tell you that you can feel any way you choose at any moment in time.

Think of your mind, your emotions, and your spirit as the ultimate garden. The way to ensure a bountiful, nourishing harvest is to plant seeds like love, warmth, and appreciation, instead of seeds like disappointment, anger, and fear.

Never laugh at anyone's dream. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.

Set high standards for yourself and don't settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.

Just like other illnesses, depression can be treated so that people can live happy, active lives.

Don’t waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you’re the boss. Or they won’t. Who cares? Do your thing, and don’t care if they like it.

Action will delineate and define you.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.

I just love it when people say I can't do something. There's nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life people have said I wasn't going to make it.

You will find that you survive humiliation. And that's an experience of incalculable value.

So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.

So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.

Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but purity, living the life, in one word, anubhuti, realisation. Let there be a dozen such lion-souls in each country, lions who have broken their own bonds, who have touched the Infinite, whose whole soul is gone to Brahman, who care neither for wealth nor power nor fame, and these will be enough to shake the world.

As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this universe.

Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth-Brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from God.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

Response-ability is the ABILITY to choose our response to any circumstance or condition.

If you find something that you feel you belong to, become a groupie and a fan, and then a critic.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Don't let your pride or a lack of courage stand in the way of saying you're sorry to people you may have offended.

People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way