When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Helen Keller, American author and educator who was blind and deaf.It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of US and the only president elected for four terms.I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - or I'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.
Rabindranath Tagore aka Gurudev, poet, artist, novelist and educationist and the first Asian to be awarded Nobel Prize in Literature.There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
- Mahatma Gandhi, India's father of nation, Globally respected philosopher and thinkerWhenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
- Mahatma Gandhi, India's father of nation, Globally respected philosopher and thinkerBig jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), poet, philosopher and transcendentalist.Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
-Lou Holtz (Born 1937), author, sports commentator, motivational speaker and former NCAA football and NFL head coach.He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul's estate.
-Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) Transcendentalist authorFolks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.
-Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), writer, publisher, artist and philosopher.It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
- Charles Darwin (1809-1882), Natural ScientistThere's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.
- Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), authorThe power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument.
- Bhagavad GitaTake up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea. This is the way to success.
- Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), Social reformer, inspirational speaker and authorI am only one, I cannot do everything. But I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
- Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909), American author and Unitarian clergyman
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