Inspiring Quotes

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.

It takes a habit to replace a habit.

One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.

Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

I love to do the things the censors won't pass.

No one has ever achieved greatness without dreams.

No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance around you.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker.

My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?

When a smile touches our hearts. When the forest stills us to peace. When music moves us to rapture. When we really love, laugh or dance with joy. We are at one with the Angels.

We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves

If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.

The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon it with creative lust.

My tombstone? I'm thinking something along the lines of, 'Geez, he was just here a minute ago.'

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

You have a right to your thoughts and feelings. Your feelings are always valid.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

I don't believe in love at first sight. I think it's a grave mistake.

When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.

Girdles and wire stays should have never been invented. No man wants to hug a padded bird cage.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning.

If I had any talent God could give me, I would be a great diva.

A clear and focused mind will last a lifetime. Getting your mind in shape is nothing less than the key to sustainable success in the world.

If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.

Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.

We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.

"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable".

He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

By changing nothing, nothing changes.

Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.

To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

One of my core values is to help redefine what it means to be a strong and beautiful woman in the music and fashion worlds and to empower the wonderful things that make us unique.

Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.

I always said God was against art and I still believe it.

Small daily happenings make life spectacular.... start enjoying the small things in life!

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was leaving behind.

We want to understand what works here rather than what worked at any other organization.

Success in politics demands that you must take your people into confidence about your views and state them very clearly, very politely, very calmly, but nevertheless, state them openly.

Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.

Human societies as temporally and spatially far-flung as the Mesopotamians, Mayans, and Easter Islanders likely came to ruin by expanding beyond the capacity of their environments to sustain them.