Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight ?
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
I'm going to stop procrastinating once I get around to it.
Open the pod bay doors,
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
Live life with passion.
A bold onset is half the battle.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
You're my Lassie come home.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Live with passion.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it open.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
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.
Love the giver more than the gift.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.
Every human heart is human.
Hey, lady !
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but anti-political, perhaps the most powerful of all anti-political human forces.
What really matters is what you do with what you have.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Do you want a leg or a breast ?
He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
I'm here to fight for truth, justice, and the american way.
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.
Learning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers.
Ever has it been that love knows not it's own depth until the hour of separation.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Go ahead, make my day.
It's good to be the king !
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
It is only when we die each day to all that is old that there can be the new.
They say you were shot in the tabloids.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
Bond. James Bond.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
If they move, kill ' em.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
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When we place blame, we give away our power.
The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.
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.
Stop makin noises like a husband.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
Fear is met and destroyed with courage. Again and again, when the struggle seems hopeless and all opportunity lost, some man or women with a little more courage, a little more effort, brings victory.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.