Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Snap out of it !
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
It's never too late.
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
I'm king of the world !
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.
To infinity and beyond !
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb ? Just one, but it requires 21 office visits and 4 X-rays.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
One million dollars !
Roll with the punches.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
You must motivate yourself every day.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
Stop makin noises like a husband.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.
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.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Here's Johnny !
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Mama says, Stupid is as stupid does.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
Bitterness imprisons life, love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life, love empowers it. Bitterness sours life, love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life, love heals it. Bitterness blinds life, love anoints it's eyes.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
Title of newspaper article yesterday - Vandals made off with all toilet seats in the local precinct. Police have nothing to go on.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
Fortune favors the brave.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care