Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
He who hesitates is lost.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Well done is better than well said.
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
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.
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
We'll always have Paris.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
We didn't land on plymouth rock. Plymouth rock landed on us !
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'
High expectations are the key to everything.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Always do the right thing.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
Think and grow rich.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Dyin' ain't much of a living, boy.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are made.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
To know me is to love me.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Love is the only rational act.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
Nothing succeeds like success.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
None are homely who smile.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Bond. James Bond.
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
I have learned not to worry about love, but to honor it's coming with all my heart.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
The loving are the daring.
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved , it is God's finger on man's shoulder.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
You're my Lassie come home.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.