Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
They're called boobs, Ed.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. One man tells a lie, dozens repeat it as the truth.
What do they think I am, dumb or something ? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge ! Put together !
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
My heart shall be thy garden.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
What do you feel like doing tonight ?
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
It ain't over till it's over.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
They can because they think they can.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.
Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for hands that are not there.
Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
If you build it, he will come.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
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.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
Possibilitizing is overcoming while you're undergoing.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
Love is friendship set on fire.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight ?
Mama says, Stupid is as stupid does.
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into !
It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Without a general an army is lost.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Hey, Bud, lets party !
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.
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Whatever our souls are made up, his and mine are the same.
Be all you can be.
You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Increase the chances of reaching your goals by working at them gradually. The very best you can do is all that is asked of you.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our freedom !
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
The list is an absolute good. The list is life.
Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
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Happiness is a state of mind.
Condemn none. If you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.