Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
Bad news, compadres, this place is magic as hell.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
I am your number one fan.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Love understands all languages.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
We will either find a way or make one.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our freedom !
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Most appreciated after dinner speech - I'll pay the check.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Love is a thing, well, it's kind of like quicksand. The more you are in it, the deeper you sink. And when it hits you, you've just got to fall.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Love is the whole and more than all.
I want the fairy tale.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Fill your hands, you son-of-a-bitch !
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
Don't follow your dreams, chase them.
Live your life and forget your age.
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.
If you wanna call me that, smile.
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
The more I love myself the better I am able to love you.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
Mr. Allen, this may come as a shock to you, but there are some men who don't end every sentence with a proposition.