Motivational Status in English

Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Look with favour upon a bold beginning.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

Whatever happens, take responsibility.