Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Slow but steady wins the race.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
I want to know God's thoughts ; the rest are details.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
You're tearing me apart !
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
Love isn't blind, it just only sees what matters.
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity can not survive.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too !
There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination, full of hope.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
Our only security is in our ability to change.
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned.
"I guess our offense was boring me a little bit" - when asked about dozing off on the sideline.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Don't go through life, grow through life.
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.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
I can't believe it. Right here where we live -- right here in St. Louis.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
Dreams don't work unless you do.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
May you live all the days of your life.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Love is a verb.