Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Let's roll.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
I think it pisses god off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.
Fear nothing, for every renewed effort raises all former failures into lessons, all sins into experience.
Love to faults is always blind. Always is to joy inclined, winged, and unconfined. And breaks all chains from every mind.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
Excuse me while I whip this out.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
Learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
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.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
If you wanna call me that, smile.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Do, or do not. There is no try.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
All work is empty save when there is love.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
There is time for everything.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
I don't know nothin 'bout birthin' babies.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
My friends are my estate.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
Mightier far than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway of magic potent over sun and star, is love.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
What comes from the heart, touches the heart.
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.
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.
We’re alive! We can make a difference! We can turn this ship in the way we wanna go, man! Towards love, creating a healthy planet for all of us.
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Love is not love until love's vulnerable.
Yo, Adrian !
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.