Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Embrace your inner voice.
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
There are simply too many notes.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
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.
That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing, the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow , Learn as if you were to live forever.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.
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.
Your voice makes me tremble inside and your smile is an invitation for my imagination to go wild.
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
Love, two minds without a single thought.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember, those are always the ones that lead to the most beautiful views.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
Chance is the fool's name for fate.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Never stop learning. If you learn one new thing everyday, you will overcome 99% of your competition
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
Love that is true never grows old.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
The greatest sign of a success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Congress is the only insane asylum that's run by the inmates.
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
That dirty, double-crossin' rat !
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade.
Say hello to my little friend !
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.
Love is something eternal.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
This is the beginning of a new day.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
Freedom from the known is death, and then you are living.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.