Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed. Our love to others, and others love to us.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
Love is not love until love's vulnerable.
Life is what you make it.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Success is the child of audacity.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never will.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
Talkers are no good doers.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
An actor's only job is to enter the lives of people who are different from us and let you feel what that feels like.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
I want to be alone.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Honor the ocean of love.
May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
A heart as soft, a heart as kind, a heart as sound and free as in the whole world thou canst find that heart I'll give to thee.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
I swore never to be silent whenever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool !
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Wouldja do me a favor, Harry ? Drop dead !
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
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.
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.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
The art of love, is largely the art of persistence.
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
You know, maybe I was wrong and luck is like love. You have to go all the way to find it.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Forget about it.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
He who has hope has everything.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
None are homely who smile.
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Warriors, come out to play !
Well, nobody's perfect.
Love is the only gold.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.