136 Self help Quotes

In this world him who does not abandon himself the Almighty will not desert. Him who helps himself will the Almighty always also help; He will show him the way by which he can gain his rights, his freedom, and therefore his future.

I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.

If, after all, men cannot always make history have a meaning, they can always act so that their own lives have one.

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace.

The American people are doing their job today. They should be given a chance to show whether they wish to preserve the principles of individual and local responsibility and mutual self-help before they embark on what I believe to be a disastrous system. I feel sure they will succeed if given the opportunity.

The basis of successful relief in national distress is to mobilize and organize the infinite number of agencies of self help in the community. That has been the American way.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

If you never budge, don't expect a push.

When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.

I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.

As you live out your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this Republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his weight; that he shall not be a mere passenger, but shall do his share in the work that each generation of us finds ready to hand; and, furthermore, that in doing his work he shall show, not only the capacity for sturdy self-help, but also self-respecting regard for the rights of others.

Follow the voice of your heart, even if it leads you off the path of timid souls. Do not become hard and embittered, even if life tortures you at times. There is only one thing that counts: to live one's life well and happily...

In my conscience I believe the baggage loves me, for she never speaks well of me herself, nor suffers any body else to rail at me.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

The important thing is not to know who 'I' is or what 'I' is. You'll never succeed. There are no words for it. The important thing is to drop the labels.

My biggest problem is what to do about all the things I can't do anything about.

By accepting you as you are, I do not necessarily abandon all hope of your improving.

Accept me for what I am - completely unacceptable.

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.

Remember you come here having already understood the necessity of struggling with yourself - only with yourself. Therefore thank everyone who gives you the opportunity.

Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build, too.

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.

You will never lose your nerve. Your life, probably, but never your nerve.'

Better to sink beneath the shock Than moulder piecemeal on the rock.

Find purpose, the means will follow.

. . . time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee. . . . I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now.

After having admired the women of Rome, say to yourself, 'I too am beautiful!' : In you I met a real person. I need not give you any other praise.

I am a parcel of vain strivings tied By a chance bond together, Dangling this way and that, their links Were made so loose and wide, Methinks, For milder weather.

Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if it is not caused by lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one's intelligence without being guided by another. Sapere Aude! [Dare to know!] Have the courage to use your own intelligence! is therefore the motto of the enlightenment.

Anything in life is possible if you make it happen.

Without haste, but without rest.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.

Permit me, sir, to give you one piece of advice. Be not so positive; especially with regard to things which are neither easy nor necessary to be determined. When I was young I was sure of everything. In a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before. At present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to man.

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gain'd To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, To turn, turn will be our delight 'Till by turning, turning we come round right.

We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment. Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to ORDER.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.

A moving tale of the modern soul, and a fine detective story of a man in search of himself. Beautifully, lucidly written, it offers a large challenge and an equal reward. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is one Harley of a book.

So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always yourself, without sticking to an old self.

Take care of things, and they will take care of you.

'I'm trying very hard to maintain my composure.'

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn starker

It's not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs

Do - don't stew.