Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Count your blessings.
Love is the greatest refreshment in life.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Attica ! Attica !
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Live life to the fullest.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Think of me as a sex symbol for men who don't give a damn.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
An error gracefully acknowledged is a victory won.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Hatred paralyzes life, love releases it. Hatred confuses life, love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life, love illumines it.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
Stella ! Hey, Stella !
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
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 in love is merely to be in a state of perpetual anesthesia. To mistake an ordinary young man for a greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
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.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.
If I had more time, I'd write a shorter speech.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.
Can miles truly separate you from friends. If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there ?
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.