Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
Well, nobody's perfect.
Snap out of it !
Who's on first.
Ability is sexless.
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved , it is God's finger on man's shoulder.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Love is like a piece of art work, even the smallest bit can be so beautiful.
You're so money, and you don't even know it.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
The more I love myself the better I am able to love you.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
Hunker down.
Pay the farmer or pay the hospital.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
If you didn't know me, would you think I was a stranger ?
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
What's meant to be will always find a way
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Hi, Curly, kill anyone today ?
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Young love is a flame , very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
Georgia, love is for the very young.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
"I guess our offense was boring me a little bit" - when asked about dozing off on the sideline.
Only the educated are free.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
The heart does not respond to principles and programs, it seeks not efficiency, but passion.
If you ever feel like having a child, go to a restaurant and sit next to one.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Come back to me in dreams, that I may give pulse for pulse, breath for breath. Speak low, lean low, as long ago, my love, how long ago.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.