Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.
Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
This is this.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Vision doesn't usually come as a lightening bolt. Rather it comes as a slow crystallization of life challenges that we one day recognize as a beautiful diamond with great value to ourselves and others.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
I bet you can squeal like a pig.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
This is nothing !
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
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.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Love is like a mustard seed, planted by god and watered by men.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
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.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
It is not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted.
We are all born for love, it is the principle existence and it's only end.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Put off for one day and ten days will pass by.
Hatred paralyzes life, love releases it. Hatred confuses life, love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life, love illumines it.
As my friend, the dear departed Princess Leia, said to me once, take your broken heart, make it into art.
You're so money, and you don't even know it.
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 ?
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Love is the universal thirst for a communion not merely of the senses, but of our whole nature.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
My heart is ever at your service.
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never will.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
Stella ! Hey, Stella !
We tend to live up to our expectations.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
Well, nobody's perfect.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Hi, Curly, kill anyone today ?
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Success is the child of audacity.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.