Inspirational Quotes

When you innovate, you've got to be prepared for everyone telling you you're nuts.

Suffering passes, but the fact of having suffered never passes.

You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

Eventually stardom is going to go away from me. It goes away from everybody and all you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made.

And you can break yourself free from your hereditary patterns, cultural codes, social beliefs; and prove once and for all that the power within you is greater than the power that's in the world.

When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.

Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.

An enthusiastic heart finds opportunities everywhere.

I hold the line, the line of strength that pulls me from the fear.

Accept your genius and say what you think.

It's impossible to feel sad or have any negative feeling when you're grateful. If you're in the midst of a difficult situation, look for something to be grateful for.

Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.

Education is cheap; experience is expensive.

Losing is not in my vocabulary.

When you're looking for someone, you're looking for some aspect of yourself, even if you don't know it ... What we're searching for is what we lack.

Too many people go through life waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen!

You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

Desire presses ever forward unsubdued.

When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.

Love turns man into an ocean of happiness, an image of peace, a temple of wisdom. Love is every man's very Self, his true beauty, and the glory of his human existence.

Rich people focus on what they want, while poor people focus on what they don't want.

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.

In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

Honesty first; then courage; then brains - and all are indispensable.

I am very far from practicing what I understand.

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.

For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.

I remember the first time I saw him. He was 13 and just floated over the ground like a cockier spaniel chasing a piece of silver paper in the wind.

What we are here to do is to meet and become the person we are.

When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others. Only when one is connected to one's own core is.

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.

Your most vauluable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.

There shall be an eternal summer in the grateful heart.

When I want to know what France thinks, I ask myself.

Be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

The expression a woman wears on her face is far more important than the clothes she wears on her back.

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought.

Good leadership requires you to surround yourself with people of diverse perspectives who can disagree with you without fear of retaliation.

The nation doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.

My motivation for all my companies has been to be involved in something that I thought would have a significant impact on the world.

Here is an affirmation for today: I feel passionately about my life, and this passion fills me with excitement and energy!

Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.