Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here ! This is the war room !
Be all you can be.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
It's always too soon to quit !
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
What is life without the radiance of love.
The mark of a true doctor is usually illegible.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
But, in the opinion of the court, you are not only sane but you're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom.
Love those who love you.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
We belong dead.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality, the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
There are never enough I Love You's.
Better late than never.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
The gem can not be polished without friction, nor man be perfected without trials.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
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.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Well, nobody's perfect.
I am not a toy, I was made for soups, salads, maybe chili, and then the trash. Freedom !
Hi, Curly, kill anyone today ?
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain !
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
As my friend, the dear departed Princess Leia, said to me once, take your broken heart, make it into art.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Follow your dreams.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun, a swiss watch and a woman from anywhere.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Let's go home, Debbie.