Inspirational Quotes

Any action is better than no action at all.

Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothing would be impossible to us upon the earth.

Show the world how much you'll fight for the winners circle.

The activities of the liberated soul transcend the pairs of opposites.

Don't give a speech. Put on a show.

The truly great person is the one who gives you a chance.

Our system - of debt-fueled economic growth, of ineffective democracy, of overloading planet Earth - is eating itself alive.

I am not the person who is singing I am the silent one inside. . . . I am not my house, my car, my songs They are only stops along my way. . . .

A warrior of light who trusts too much in his intelligence will end up underestimating the power of his opponent.

To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.

People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being. Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too.

I represent Brazil all over the world. Wherever I go I have to do my best, to not disappoint the Brazilian people. And that I've done.

If the coach cannot do it, he cannot 'teach' it-only talk about it.

The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that there are no results inside its walls. The result of a business is a satisfied customer.

Nothing adventured, nothing attained

Most people, once they graduate from the School of Hard Knocks, automatically enroll in the University of Adversity.

What's more important-your goal, or others' opinions of your goal?

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room.

Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

My photographs don't do me justice - they just look like me.

When I go to the beach, even the tide won't come in.

The last thing my kids ever did to earn money was lose their baby teeth.

Just because I have rice on my clothes doesn't mean I've been to a wedding. A Chinese man threw up on me.

For Fang, getting out of bed in the morning is a career move.

I've been asked to say a couple of words about my husband, Fang. How about short and cheap?

It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance.

It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged. They have been over the road that all of us must travel, and know where it is rough and difficult and where it is level and easy.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough.

You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.

You can't write poetry on the computer.

Tomorrow is only found in the calendar of fools.

The great difference between those who succeed and those who fail does not consist in the amount of work done by each but in the amount of intelligent work.

No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.

Self-esteem means knowing you are the dream.

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

What I've learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them.

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.

We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.

Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.

You can't learn less.

No civilized society can thrive upon victims, whose humanity has been permanently mutilated.

The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

Youth is, after all, just a moment, but it is the moment, the spark that you always carry in your heart.

There is no need to be more - you are enough. Everybody is enough.

Remember the emphasis on the heart. the mind lives in doubt and the heart lives in trust. When you trust, suddenly you become centered.

Happiness is a shadow of harmony; it follows harmony. There is no other way to be happy.

Man is born only as a potential. He can become a thorn for himself and for others, he can also become a flower for himself and for others.