Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
No matter where you go, there you are.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
I can't believe it. Right here where we live -- right here in St. Louis.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
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.
Love is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly it may alight upon you.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.
Embrace your inner voice.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Obstacles are great incentives.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns !
It's always too soon to quit !
A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.
Whatever you are be a good one.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Always do the right thing.
I like to watch.
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in kansas anymore.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
The calla lilies are in bloom again.
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.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Love, a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
Time is the great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all of it's students.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
They call me Mister Tibbs !
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
To know me is to love me.
There is no substitute for hard work.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed. Our love to others, and others love to us.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.