Famous Inspirational Quotes

You see things and you say, 'Why?'. But I dream things and I say, 'Why not?'.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.

I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

I'm profoundly changed. There's a bittersweet emotion that I feel from playing this role. . . . I want the world to be different because I was here. However lofty or crazy or delusional that may sound, I want people's lives to be better because I was here.

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live.

No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who's always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don't exist.

Being that can be understood is language.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

We become what we think about all day long. The qustion is, "What do you think about?"

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child?

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.

Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

So much has been given me I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.

I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

If there is one thing I would banish from earth, it is fear. And the only way to do that is to see that there is nothing to fear - nothing in all of life to be afraid of.

I'm interested in making a path instead of following a trail, and that's what I want to do in life - in everything I do.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.

There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record, except perhaps this one thing. I do the things I believe ought to be done. And when I make up my mind to do a thing, I act.

Even though people may be well known they still hold in their hearts the emotions of a simple person for the moments that are the most important of those we know on earth - birth, marriage, death.

Service is what life is all about.

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

There was never a person who did anything worth doing that he did not receive more than he gave.

Nothing important was ever achieved without someone taking a chance.

Only the poet can look beyond the detail and see the whole picture.

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

A merry heart goes all the way, - A sad one tires inan hour.