Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Love is like a piece of art work, even the smallest bit can be so beautiful.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Be who you are in every situation.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
A healthy outside starts from the inside
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
You're good, you're very good.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
I love a good fight.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
Funny like I'm a clown ? I amuse you ?
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
The past does not equal the future.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Love is a many splendered thing.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Love like there is no tomorrow.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you.
Ideas... they have the power
A boy's best friend is his mother.
I light my candle from their torches.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
I bet you can squeal like a pig.
The good physician treats the disease, the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
Must you flirt ?
Flowing blood is proof that you're alive, if it's for the sake of those you love
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
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.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
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."
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
These go to eleven.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.
It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
My friends are my estate.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject so worthy of my attention.
I don't know nothin 'bout birthin' babies.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.