Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners. If you kick'em all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Never say more than is necessary.
My precious.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Success is predictable.
His eyes have made love to me all evening.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Come to the edge. We can't. We're afraid. We can't. We will fall ! Come to the edge. And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.
I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
You had me at hello.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Kind words conquer.
Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
The best things in life are free.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
I love you, I am at rest with you, I have come home.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
How can we remember our ignorance, which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time ?
And our bodies are earth. And our thoughts are clay. And we sleep and eat with death.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Love is smiling on the inside and out.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive 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.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
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.
Letting go of our suffering is the hardest thing we will ever do.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Whatever it takes !
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
You know, Billy. We blew it.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.