Dalai Lama Quotes

No matter who you are, no matter how difficult things might appear to be, you are always being moved towards magnificence. Always.

I think I'm confident because I'm free, I challenge myself, and I stick to what I do.

I will always continue to work hard, become stronger, and learn to love myself for who I am, imperfections and all.

Fear doesn't enter into my vocabulary. Fear is the gateway to the next step in my development.

I don't let a day go where I'm not doing something that enhances me or allows me to sit up here and keep my spirits going.

What I'm learning about myself is, no matter what the challenge is, I can overcome it.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.

I don't know if I'm the best of the best. But I did know that if I quit, I wouldn't be.

Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.

Never let a person's weakness get in the way of their strength.

Keep practicing. Never let someone tell you you're too small or too slow.

Let a man go down as low as possible; there must come a time when out of sheer desperation he will take an upward curve and will learn to have faith in himself.

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable.

Many things are possible for the person who has hope. Even more is possible for the person who has faith. And still more is possible for the person who knows how to love. But everything is possible for the person who practices all three virtues.

You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you. Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life and look for its opportunities.

The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.

I didn't know who I was and I didn't know if what was in me was any good. But my parents taught me to believe in myself and to work until something happens.

Let your failures refine you, not define you.

Try to be the best of what you are, even if what you are is no good.

You have incredible lives ahead of you. You have incredible things that you can accomplish. If you feel that, you will have an amazing life. Do not let anything build a wall too high for you to get over. And I know that might seem very cliche, but I've had alot of friends who had hurt themselves. And when you're younger, a lot of that stuff is so temporary. You can get through it. You're stronger than you think. You'll ALWAYS be stronger than you think. Feel with your heart and do what you want.

Many a man has risen to eminence under the powerful reaction of his mind in fierce counter-agency to the scorn of the unworthy, daily evoked by his personal defects, who with a handsome person would have sunk into the luxury of a careless life under the tranquillizing smiles of continual admiration.

I believe you can be the person that you dream of being.

Optimism is the secret of self-reliance. Self-reliance is the secret of a dynamic power. A dynamic power is the secret of an immediate success.