Inspirational Quotes

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

The caliber of play suffered and attendance declined year by year. Interest in college football was exploding, and there was this new game called basketball.

If you follow your bliss...the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

Each moment of my life I was dreaming of how great I could be, and continued working hard. Each time I closed my eyes I could see me shining bright like a sun.

And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.

If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.

As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.

Gratitude is absolutely the way to bring more into your life

If fame goes by, so long, I've had you, fame. If it goes by, I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experience, but that's not where I live.

You don't need to change the world; you need to change yourself.

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.

Think excitement, talk excitement, act out excitement, and you are bound to become an excited person.

The reason adults should look as though they are having fun, is to give kids a reason to want to grow up.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

We judge others by their actions but we judge ourselves by our intensions.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

If you feel bad at 10 miles, you're in trouble. If you feel bad at 20 miles, you're normal. If you don't feel bad at 26 miles, you're abnormal.

If it's the right chair, it doesn't take too long to get comfortable in it.

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant.

Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.

Move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy.

For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?

Women's bodies have their own wisdom, and a system of birth refined over 100,000 generations is not so easily overpowered.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

If we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to keep getting what we're getting.

The greatest risk is the risk of riskless living.

I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.

The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying "Yes." No. Focusing is about saying "No." And when you say "No," you piss off people.

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

The trappings of lifestyle are often that; traps.

Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.

I always thought of running as just dancing forward.

Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren't what pulls us apart. It's what pulls us together.

A long dispute means both parties are wrong.

Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

The more you are grateful for what you have the more you will have to be grateful for

It is not your aptitude, but your attitude, that determines your altitude.

Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook.

The wreckage of stars - I built a world from this wreckage.

You will have to make up for the smallness of your size by your courage and selfless devotion to duty, for it is not life that matters, but the courage, fortitude and determination you bring to it.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Live fast. Die young. Be wild. Have fun.