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.
The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
A bold onset is half the battle.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
Never Quit.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
Stella ! Hey, Stella !
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you ?
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved, now love the more.
For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
We don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time
I love you, I am at rest with you, I have come home.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
None are homely who smile.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
Success is predictable.
We are like tea bags - we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Follow the money.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother's keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are made.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Attitude determines altitude.
Happy wife, happy life.
For one person to love another, that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the last test and proof, the work for which all else is but preparation.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
All-righty then !
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Hard work pays off.
You are what you think about all day long.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
It's good to be the king !
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.