Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
Love understands all languages.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
All love that has not friendship for it's base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Say hello to my little friend !
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
Love is a hole in the heart.
Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Chance is the fool's name for fate.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
They call it a "Royale with Cheese".
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
We can do no great things. Only small things with great love.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Seduce my mind and you can have my body, find my soul and I'm yours forever.
Attitude is everything.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
I think we deserve a break.
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
Ideas without action are worthless.
One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
Funny like I'm a clown ? I amuse you ?
They call me Mister Tibbs !
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable ?
Every artist was first an amateur.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
To God, there is no zero. I still exist.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
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.
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.
Let's roll.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them !
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Love, two minds without a single thought.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Here's looking at you, kid.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Good morning, Vietnam !
Do we really know anybody ? Who does not wear a face to hide another ?
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.