Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
Sometimes you gotta say, What the fuck.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
With my brains and your looks, we could go places.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
You complete me.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
I love a good fight.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Would you like to play a game ?
Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.
If you want a do-right woman, you have to be a do-right man
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Beware what you set your heart upon, for it surely shall be yours.
Somebody stop me !
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Embrace your inner voice.
Girls got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
There is no education like adversity.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable ?
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun, a swiss watch and a woman from anywhere.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
No disguise can long conceal love where it exists, or long feign it where it is lacking.
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
Don't just aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Love is the river of life in the world.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.