Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
Don't ever give up.
Love that is true never grows old.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into !
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
I cannot stand little notes on my pillow ! We are all out of cornflakes,
Flowing blood is proof that you're alive, if it's for the sake of those you love
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.
I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or catholics.
Love those who love you.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
I think it pisses god off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
After your jump, the net appears.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
How can you tell the difference between a run-over snake and a run-over lawyer? There are skid marks in front of the snake.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
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.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
I may not be perfect, but some parts of me are excellent.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.
Be who you are in every situation.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
Begin with the end in mind.
Work and lovethese are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
I'm king of the world !
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
The buck stops here.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Between this fan and the fancy sunbrella, I'm one 16 inch waist away from Scarlett O'Hara !
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.