Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
Do not let the reasons for your challenges become the excuses for your failure.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
I want the fairy tale.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Love reminds you that nothing else matters.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Living, love and death are one thing, not divisive, not separated, not divorced, not in the field of time but it is completely a living, moving thing, indivisible. And that is immortal.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
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.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
We belong dead.
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.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
The show must go on.
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.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Face it girls, I'm older and I have more insurance.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
Love is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly it may alight upon you.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.
But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you'll help them to become what they are capable of becoming.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart, the secret anniversaries of the heart.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.