Be Inspired
Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
All-righty then !
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
A woman who is loved always has success.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
Slow but steady wins the race.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
I light my candle from their torches.
Indecision is the seedling of fear.
Pay your taxes, mind your business and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of your (bleeping) mouth.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
One man with courage is a majority.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Honesty is the best image.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
When I've heard all I need to make a decision, I don't take a vote. I make a decision.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity can not survive.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
The show must go on.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.