Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed. Our love to others, and others love to us.
Romance, like a ghost escapes touching, it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.
He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
No disguise can long conceal love where it exists, or long feign it where it is lacking.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
Love is a many splendered thing.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
Can miles truly separate you from friends. If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there ?
Honor the ocean of love.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
La-dee-da, la-dee-da.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
Title of newspaper article yesterday - Vandals made off with all toilet seats in the local precinct. Police have nothing to go on.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss.
Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists. Love is all there is.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.
The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Press forsake! Go ahead and press 'forsake now' !
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen.
If you build it, he will come.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
All work is empty save when there is love.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Mr. Allen, this may come as a shock to you, but there are some men who don't end every sentence with a proposition.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
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.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
The heart that loves is always young.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds, they mature slowly.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.
Whatever our souls are made up, his and mine are the same.
What ever you are be a good one.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.