Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Honesty is the best image.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
Be the best that you can be.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
You are what you think you are.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
Do it now !
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
This is the people's war ! It is our war ! We are the fighters ! Fight it, then ! Fight it with all that is in us, and may god defend the right.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Act or accept.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
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
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
The wound is the place where the light enters you.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
Don't think it, ink it.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep, the more I give to thee the more I have for both are infinite.
You become what you think about.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Love like you'll never be hurt.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Don't dream it be it.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.