Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Love doesn't make the world go'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
A woman who is loved always has success.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Love is like a mustard seed, planted by god and watered by men.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
You can't express every feeling that you have every moment that you have them.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts, of kindness and of love.
If I had never met him, I would have dreamed him into being.
Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Ask yourself : 'Do I feel the need to laminate ? ' Then teaching is for you.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight ?
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
And that's how you play "Get the Guests".
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
There are never enough I Love You's.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Love like you'll never be hurt.
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
Bring out the gimp.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
I'm Multi-Dimensional !
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.