Inspirational Quotes
I would rather play Chiquita Banana and have my swimming pool than play Bach and starve.
To live without philosophizing is in truth the same as keeping the eyes closed without attempting to open them.
The soul hardly ever realizes it, but whether he is a believer or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.
Stop in somebody's shadow to rest and cool down, and you are lost. No one can make anyone else happy.
The Highest Thought is always that thought which contains joy. The Clearest Words are those words which contain truth. The Grandest Feeling is that feeling which you call love.
I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.
Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones?
I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about them retains a dignity. They face life and don’t ask quarters.
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
You might as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.
Time is the school in which we learn, Time is the fire in which we burn.
Art is a deception that creates real emotions - a lie that creates a truth. And when you give yourself over to that deception, it becomes magic.
To make a change, you must be: willing to commit, willing to change, willing to have an open mind, and willing to take action!
Engaging in activities devoid of difficulty, lounging in risk-free zones, is life without great meaning.
Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere. Question everything. That's what education's all about.
I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
Every man should be master of anything he does and should do it in a masterly manner, with love, no matter what it is, whether hard physical work, menial or boring work, or inspirational work.
You‘ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology - not the other way around.
We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies.
My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.
It's one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it's another thing to make a portrait of who they are.
Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence.
I don't dwell on my age. It might limit what I can do. As long as I have my mind and health, it's just a number.
The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.
It doesn’t matter how strong or capable you are; if you don’t have a big heart, you will not succeed.