Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Love, a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always.
Remove failure as an option.
If you would live your life with ease, do what you ought, not what you please.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved , it is God's finger on man's shoulder.
Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
A heart can be broken, but it keeps beating just the same.
To live is like to love, all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
My friends are my estate.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
Snakes ! Why did it have to be snakes ?
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
A friend's love says. If you ever need anything, I'll be there. True Love says, you'll never need anything, i'll be there.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Funny like I'm a clown ? I amuse you ?
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Letting go of our suffering is the hardest thing we will ever do.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you often get it.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
The list is an absolute good. The list is life.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
I love a good fight.
Reach for the stars.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Do you want a leg or a breast ?
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination, full of hope.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Love isn't blind, it just only sees what matters.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
We didn't land on plymouth rock. Plymouth rock landed on us !
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.