Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Ideas without action are worthless.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
I have a head for business and a bod for sin.
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
Personally, veda's convinced me that alligators have the right idea. They eat their young.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
If you mean to profit, learn to please.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
Happy wife, happy life.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
There are never enough I Love You's.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
How do I look ?
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
They say you were shot in the tabloids.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Failure ? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.
Who so loves believes the impossible.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
What is it you want, Mary ? What do you want ? You want the moon ? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
I love you, I am at rest with you, I have come home.
Faith can move mountains.
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.