Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Whatever you are be a good one.
Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Love is perfect kindness
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts, of kindness and of love.
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Love is like swallowing hot chocolate, before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
I am not an animal ! I am a human being. I am a man.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Follow the money.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
You only get out what you put in.
Excuse me while I whip this out.
Real love stories never have endings.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
There is no education like adversity.
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
But, in the opinion of the court, you are not only sane but you're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom.
The road to success is always under construction.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.
I am your number one fan.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Kindness is always fashionable.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
After all, tomorrow is another day !
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.