Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
If it is to be it is up to me.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
If you build it, he will come.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Attitude is everything.
Get away from her, you bitch !
Why don't you go outside and jerk yourself a soda ?
The art of love, is largely the art of persistence.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
There are no gains without pains.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
It is always your next move.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Be Here Now.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
It ain't over till it's over.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
If you would create something, you must be something.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
The ready back gets all the loads.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
They're here !
Fiddle-dee-dee.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.