Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never will.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
An actor's only job is to enter the lives of people who are different from us and let you feel what that feels like.
It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.
I see dead people.
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Every dog has his day.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Most appreciated after dinner speech - I'll pay the check.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
We rob banks.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Love reminds you that nothing else matters.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
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.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Vegas, baby.
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.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Ask yourself : 'Do I feel the need to laminate ? ' Then teaching is for you.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
If you didn't know me, would you think I was a stranger ?
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
Love is perfect kindness
You know, maybe I was wrong and luck is like love. You have to go all the way to find it.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we can not live within.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
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.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Love is sweet, delicate, dreamy an eternity of gorgeous moments.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Work and lovethese are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
I know you are, but what am I ?