Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
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
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.
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
The best way out is always through.
I'll be back.
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death !
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Houston, we have a problem.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
Don't just aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it , if you can dream it, you can become it.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
Obstacles are great incentives.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
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.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
If there is a will, there is a way.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into !
Remove failure as an option.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
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.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Mr. Christian !
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Without a general an army is lost.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
You know, Billy. We blew it.
They are able because they think they are able.
Love is like a blazing flame, golden and full of warmth.
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible.
If it is to be it is up to me.
It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them and a lifetime to forget them.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you ?