Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
We're sisters under the same mink.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
You see, Francois, marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together. But with you, Francois, I think it would be a mistake.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Snap out of it !
Know thyself.
Where there's life, there's hope.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
The first duty of love is to listen.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Warriors, come out to play !
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Realize that you are capable of working miracles of your own making. Remember that opportunities have a reason for knocking on your door, and the right ones are there for the taking.
This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
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.
Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
A simple I love you means more than money.
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
Come back to me in dreams, that I may give pulse for pulse, breath for breath. Speak low, lean low, as long ago, my love, how long ago.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
I know that I will die laughing.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Love, the irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.