Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
A boy's best friend is his mother.
Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart.
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
They call me Mister Tibbs !
Love is like a piece of art work, even the smallest bit can be so beautiful.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Truth fears no questions.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Fortune favors the brave.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Love, a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
I am big ! It's the pictures that got small.
Don't think it, ink it.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
It is always your next move.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
These go to eleven.
All-righty then !
Man's love is of man's life a part, it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into !
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel.
They can because they think they can.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
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.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Love is the only gold.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
No wire hangers, ever !
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
You can do what you want to do.
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
My precious.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Never Quit.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?