Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Go ahead, make my day.
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.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Dreams don't work unless you do.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too !
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
It's hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone, when your heart still does.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death !
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
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.
This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime.
Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
They can because they think they can.
The road to success is always under construction.
What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they are joined, to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
There is no education like adversity.
A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Our furniture goes back to louis the fourteenth - unless of course we pay him before then.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
Embrace your inner voice.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
Changes in life are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
A woman who is loved always has success.
But I would be proud.
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.
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.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle I find it too confining.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
Roll with the punches.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
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This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.