Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
I know you are, but what am I ?
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Forget about it.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go ?
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
There are no gains without pains.
Hard work pays off.
Increase the chances of reaching your goals by working at them gradually. The very best you can do is all that is asked of you.
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape !
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity can not survive.
Do we really know anybody ? Who does not wear a face to hide another ?
Funny like I'm a clown ? I amuse you ?
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons ! The loons ! They're welcoming us back.
Cross your bridges.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
You're tearing me apart !
Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all ?
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Let thy words be few.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Must you flirt ?
The show must go on.
Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
To go fast, row slowly.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.