Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
Open the pod bay doors,
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Always do the right thing.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perpetual anesthesia. To mistake an ordinary young man for a greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Never say more than is necessary.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
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.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
It is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
I'm melting ! Melting ! Oh, what a world ! What a world !
Our only security is in our ability to change.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
Let thy words be few.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Yes, it used to be beautiful -- what with the rackets, whoring, guns.
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
They can because they think they can.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
Love the giver more than the gift.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
All love is sweet, given or returned.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
I'll have what she's having.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Honesty is the best image.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape !
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Eddie, you're a born loser.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
I am the captain of my soul.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds, they mature slowly.
Sometimes you gotta say, What the fuck.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
If it is to be it is up to me.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By.
That dirty, double-crossin' rat !
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Love is the greatest refreshment in life.