Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Our love is here to stay.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Think and grow rich.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
I'm an excellent driver.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
Don't follow your dreams, chase them.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
No matter where you go, there you are.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
Change your thoughts, change your life.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.
I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever.
We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
We belong dead.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
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.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
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.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
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.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
The time is always right to do what is right.
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
Love is like a piece of art work, even the smallest bit can be so beautiful.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.