Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
"I guess our offense was boring me a little bit" - when asked about dozing off on the sideline.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
I see dead people.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.
Woody, I know what your problem is. You're just like me. Trash !
It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Something happened to me. It was the sweetest thing that ever could be. It was a fantasy a dream come true, it was the day I met you !
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
I'll be back.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
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.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
I'm going to take a bath.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
Well, nobody's perfect.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
Appreciate me now, and avoid the rush.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Better late than never.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
As a writer, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories, and I give them money.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Houston, we have a problem.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Keep the Faith.
You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss.
I think therefore I am
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Joy is not in things, it is in us.
My friends are my estate.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Shut up and deal.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
We'll always have Paris.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Respect the past in the full measure of its desserts, but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.
We always strive after what is forbidden, and desire the things refused us.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
True love can not be found where it truly does not exist, Nor can it be hidden where it truly does.
Little strokes fell great oaks.