Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Your children will become what you are, so be what you want them to be.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
Here's Johnny !
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still - - real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever. How green was my valley then.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
If you don't like something, change it , if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
Love is a ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
It ain't over till it's over.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Those who wish to sing, always find a song.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Show me the money !
How many doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb ? That depends on whether it has medical insurance.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Shane ! Shane ! Come back !
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Face it girls, I'm older and I have more insurance.
To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society -- outside of a kennel.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.
It's good to be the king !
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Bring out the gimp.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
When you shoot a mime, should you use blanks ?
Honesty is the best image.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
It's always too soon to quit !
It is only when we die each day to all that is old that there can be the new.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Love is like swallowing hot chocolate, before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Vision doesn't usually come as a lightening bolt. Rather it comes as a slow crystallization of life challenges that we one day recognize as a beautiful diamond with great value to ourselves and others.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
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.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
The calla lilies are in bloom again.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Seize the day.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.