Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
I think it pisses god off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Every human heart is human.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
He who hesitates is lost !
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Experience is the best teacher.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Nothing succeeds like success.
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.
This is the beginning of a new day.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Girls got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.
It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get back up.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Don't ever give up.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
Who so loves believes the impossible.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
As a writer, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories, and I give them money.
The best way out is always through.
There are essentially two things that will make you wiser the books you read and the people you meet.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
Follow the money.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
I light my candle from their torches.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
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.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole ! It's in the hole ! It's in the hole !
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.