Quotes on Inspirational

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war -for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make very small use of their possible consciousness, and of their soul's resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger.

Never marry anyone you could not sit next to during a three-day bus trip.

There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Did you ever stop to think of that? Yes, just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it.

Joy is one part inner peace, one part giddy delight and 100% attainable.

Fear of failure leads to failure.

You cannot be both unhappy, and fully present in the Now.

Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.

People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.

O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast.

The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.

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

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.

Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.

Most men ebb and flow in wretchedness between the fear of death and the hardship of life; they are unwilling to live, and yet they do not know how to die.

You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.