Inspirational Quotes

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

Love is giving someone what they need most, when they deserve it least, at great personal cost to yourself.

I swear to God, if you saw me when I am by myself in the woods, I'm a lunatic. I sing, I dance.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

Silence is sometimes the best answer

I still look at myself and want to improve.

The inward journey is about finding your own fullness, something that no one else can take away.

The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.

Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.

When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power.

I know what I have to do, and I'm going to do whatever it takes. If I do it, I'll come out a winner, and it doesn't matter what anyone else does.

Your whole life is inside your mind. Your mind is the prism that refracts the entire universe. Everything around you and within you comes from your mind.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

This is what is hardest: to close the open hand because one loves.

It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.

A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

A country without a memory is a country of madmen.

My father was frightened of his mother. I was frightened of my father and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.

Beauty is something inside of us. If you love yourself and accept yourself, that shows on the outside. Beauty is an act-it's how you carry yourself.

Knowledge without Spirit is like finding yourself on a cold night with all the wood in the world and no flame to ignite it.

The true profession of a man is to find his way to himself.

Talent is only the starting point.

Before you find out who you are, you have to figure out who you aren't.

I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking.

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?

For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

In the beginning Man created God: and in the image of Man created he him.

What can you do right now to begin to turn your life around? The very first thing is to start making a list of the things you are grateful for.

If youre alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

Though I lost you years ago, I dreamed you were here. That dream gave me the inspirational feeling that I could make it one more day.

‎"Make your god transparent to the transcendent, and it doesn't matter what his name is."

For we have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heros of all time have gone before us.

Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time.

People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic. Within feminism, there is an array of opinions.

You have to get up every morning and tell yourself 'I can do this.'

Our lives are entwined with the people over the footlights. We are a part of them.

You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.

It is the foregiver who is freed in foregiving.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.

Happiness was born a twin.

There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.

Those who truly love us will never knowingly ask us to be other than we are

Action eradicates fear. No matter what you fear,--- positive, self-affirming action can diminish or completely cancel that which you are fearful of.

Plan your work and work your plan.

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

Happiness is a choice.

How do I get to Carnegie Hall?