Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Realize that you are capable of working miracles of your own making. Remember that opportunities have a reason for knocking on your door, and the right ones are there for the taking.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go ?
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
We'll always have Paris.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb ? Just one, but it requires 21 office visits and 4 X-rays.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
It's hard to believe that you haven't had sex for two hundred years.
Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
In love beggar and king are equal.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Attitude determines altitude.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.
We rob banks.
La-dee-da, la-dee-da.
There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society -- outside of a kennel.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
Congress is the only insane asylum that's run by the inmates.
To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
Here's Johnny !
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.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into !
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Shane ! Shane ! Come back !
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the light extinguished.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
You're lit from within, Tracy. You've got fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and holocausts.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
Want to learn to eat a lot ? Here it is : Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
It's never too late.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.