Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Give all to love.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
The passionate are like men standing on their heads, they see all things the wrong way.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
Kind words conquer.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
Show me the money !
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are made.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still alive.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
He who has hope has everything.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
I'm Multi-Dimensional !
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
Love is a symbol of eternity that wipes away all sense of time, removing all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Actions speak louder than words.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
Union gives strength.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
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.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
Never seek to tell thy love. Love that never told can be, for the gentle wind does move silently, invisibly.
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.