Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
My mission was to take the invisible, the unloved and make them the heroes.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
You see, Francois, marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together. But with you, Francois, I think it would be a mistake.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved , it is God's finger on man's shoulder.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Honor the ocean of love.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
I'll be taking these huggies and whatever cash you got.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
You only get out what you put in.
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Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
What a dump.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
Your voice makes me tremble inside and your smile is an invitation for my imagination to go wild.
I am not an animal ! I am a human being. I am a man.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight ?
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight ?
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you !
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.