Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
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.
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Eddie, you're a born loser.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
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.
Begin with the end in mind.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
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 !
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
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.
You're lit from within, Tracy. You've got fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and holocausts.
Reach for the stars.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
He who hesitates is lost.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Stop makin noises like a husband.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
He who hesitates is lost !
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.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.
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.
Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
If they move, kill ' em.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
Never say more than is necessary.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.
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.
Roll with the punches.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
We didn't need dialogue. We had faces.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
Love understands all languages.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.