Inspirational quotations by Great Personalities

Even the entire produce of the earth, the corns, gold, animals and women are not sufficient to quench the desire of a single man. Therefore one should give up all desires.

                                                                  - vishnu puran

By self-dedication, one obtains consecration, by consecration one obtains grace, by grace one obtains faith, and by faith is Truth obtained.                                       – Rik veda

The best man, if he sits idle in the society of men, becomes a sinner.

Da, da, da these letters signify that you must control, give and be kind.

                                                                    - Briahdaranyaka Upanishad

One’s development and decline depend on the tongue.

                                                                    - Chanakya

The most happy is he who most promotes the happiness of others.

                                                                    - Zarathushtra

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Faith is basic to full understanding              - Christ

No man can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold on to one and despise the other.                                          – Christ

God is gracious to him who earneth his living by his own labour and not by begging.                                                      

                                                                              – Mohammed

Truth is higher than all, but higher than truth is character.

                                                                 -Nanak

Give up the curse of lust and wrath. Give up delusion and greed. Remember who you really are. Fools are they who are blind to the glory of the self.                               –      

                                                                  -Shankaracharya

Man is above everything else. There is nothing higher than this truth.                                                                      

                                                                  – Chandidas

He who has faith has all, and who lacks faith lacks all.

                                                                               - Ramakrishna

The quality of forbearance is of the highest importance to everyman. He alone is not destroyed who posses this quality.                                              - Ramakrishna

A word spoken in wrath is the sharpest word, covetousness is the deadliest poison, passion the fiercest fire, ignorance is the darkest night.                                          –                    

                                                                              - Buddha

Who so ever desireth his  well being should cast away anger, conceit, deceit and lust. For this four aggrevate sin. Anger killeth Love, conceit humility, deceit amity and lust everything. By calmness anger is to be won, by meekness conceit, by straightness deceit, and by content lust.                                                                

                                                                          – Mahavira

The man of principles is courageous. He knows the right and will fight for it at all cost.

Not ease, but work is the mark of a good man. The superior individual does not indulge in luxurious ease, but works constantly.                                                 – Confucius

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral. Where there is fear there is no religion.

                                                                     - Mahatma Gandhi

Be humbler than a blade of grass, with fortitude more than that of  a tree, and forsake pride while honouring everyone.

                                                             - Chaitanya mahaprabhu

I believe that first test of a truly great man is his humility.

                                                                                 - Ruskin

Self trust is the essence of heroism                               - Emersion

There are three things that can never be retrieved, the spoken word, time past, and the neglected opportunity.

Politics without principles, wealth without charity, knowledge without character and science without humanity are useless.

Help ever, hurt never.

Look up, think high.