A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.
Mahatma GandhiBe not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
Francis BaconI was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.
Mark TwainThe mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur WardReverence, humility, contentment, gratitude and hearing the good Dhamma, this is the best good luck
BuddhaSelfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.
Nathaniel HawthorneI hope to stand firm enough to not go backward and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.
Abraham LincolnHis genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define, Of inspiration one percent of perspiration ninety nine.
Thomas A. EdisonHe who requires much from himself and little from others will keep himself from being the object of resentment.
ConfuciusIn life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Tony RobbinsI look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
Mahatma GandhiAnger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert EinsteinI claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
Mahatma GandhiTry not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert EinsteinEvery day the people I meet inspire me... every day they make me proud... every day they remind me how blessed we are to live in the greatest nation on earth.
Michelle ObamaLet everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
Mahatma GandhiWhen we see persons of worth we should think of equaling them, when we see persons of a contrary character we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
ConfuciusWOMEN preserve the culture of this country with greater tenacity and faith. They keep men on the moral path and inspire them to follow spiritual discipline. Their hearts are tender and full of compassion for the hungry and the distressed. That is why in this land women are adored and revered.
Sai BabaPolitics is for the present but an equation is for eternity.
Albert EinsteinAny emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.
Mark TwainThe first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
Mark TwainI remember a specific moment watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line and her saying to me 'you are going to have to learn to do this', and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
Oprah WinfreyMorality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
Mahatma GandhiCrime in full glory consolidates authority by the sacred fear it inspires.
Emile M. CioranWhat material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
Oprah WinfreyAsparagus inspires gentle thoughts.
Charles LambOne of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.
Mother TeresaThat's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end, because once you get there you can move mountains.
Steve JobsThe probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
Abraham LincolnOnce you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Ralph Waldo EmersonTime has been transformed and we have changed, it has advanced and set us in motion, it has unveiled its face inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.
Kahlil GibranWe win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.
Mahatma GandhiWe must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.
Benjamin FranklinThe world itself is a great teacher a constant guide and inspiration. That is the reason why man is surrounded and sustained by the world.
Sai BabaVirtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.
AristotleGreat Men & Fools do often me Inspire But the Greater Fool the Greater Liar.
William BlakeI have never accepted what many people have kindly said-namely that I inspired the nation. Their will was resolute and remorseless and as it proved unconquerable. It fell to me to express it.
Winston ChurchillNirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come.
Rabindranath TagoreI want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?
Mother TeresaExcellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
Oprah WinfreyWhen I'm inspired I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.
Dolly PartonNonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
Mahatma GandhiShe was determined as she felt it to be her duty to try to overcome all that was excessive.
Jane AustenConfession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Mahatma GandhiGood actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
PlatoJust as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
Mahatma GandhiRights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
Mahatma GandhiI have just got a new theory of eternity.
Albert EinsteinI want it said of me by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Abraham LincolnWhat you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.
ConfuciusLife inspires more dread than death - it is life which is the great unknown.
Emile M. CioranWhat influenced me was Tori Amos who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me and very inspiring before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'
Alanis MorissetteMorality is of the highest importance - but for us not for God.
Albert EinsteinThe philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character.
George SantayanaEvery day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.
Paulo CoelhoFishes live in the sea as men do a-land, the great ones eat up the little ones.
William ShakespeareI believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here to vote here and to live here.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerEvery blessing ignored becomes a curse.
Paulo CoelhoOne must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.
Maya AngelouFarewell fair cruelty.
William ShakespeareRebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin FranklinGenius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas A. EdisonThis President takes his inspiration from the capitals of Europe, we look to the cities and small towns of America. This President puts his faith in government. We put our faith in the American people.
Mitt RomneyDo the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark TwainThe lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest, and then becomes a host, and then a master.
Kahlil GibranApparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.
Mark TwainPrayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
Mahatma GandhiIntolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Mahatma GandhiWork as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
Benjamin FranklinWe are going from the bottom to the top all together so it's important for us to enjoy the journey and that is what we are doing right now. We have four days off coming up here and I would have been sick as a dog if we would have lost this game. I just wanted to step up and inspire us to play well and it turned into something special.
Kobe BryantThe most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.
Mark TwainGreen Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower!
Jim CarreyThe time at our disposal each day is elastic, the passions we feel dilate it those that inspire us shrink it and habit fills it.
Marcel ProustNon-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
Mahatma GandhiNo one can lie, no one can hide anything when he looks directly into someone's eyes.
Paulo CoelhoInspiration exists but it has to find us working.
Pablo PicassoYour vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams, who looks inside awakes.
Carl JungOh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.
Jane AustenBefore I do anything I think well what hasn't been seen. Sometimes that turns out to be something ghastly and not fit for society. And sometimes that inspiration becomes something that's really worthwhile.
Jim CarreyIt is a fact often observed that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion who cannot write well under other circumstances.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBut once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing then it started to get fun again.
Alanis MorissetteI always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
Winston ChurchillPeople are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is goals that do not inspire them.
Tony RobbinsSay not 'I have found the truth ' but rather 'I have found a truth.'
Kahlil GibranSweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
William ShakespeareOur moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them, for those experiences have left an indelible impression and we are ever and anon reminded of them.
Henry David ThoreauIt is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person to the right extent, and at the right time, with the right object, and in the right way - that is not easy and it is not everyone who can do it.
AristotleAdvertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
Calvin CoolidgeTo be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.
George SantayanaHIV does not make people dangerous to know, so you can shake their hands and give them a hug: Heaven knows they need it.
Princess DianaWe shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Winston ChurchillMan falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Mahatma GandhiTo enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.
AristotleInspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.
Bob DylanNo one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
Marcus Tullius CiceroOur chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Abraham LincolnThe person who is wedded to Truth and Love would need nothing more for peace and happiness. When Creation is witnessed through these values it becomes holy scripture an inspiring lesson and guide.
Sai BabaNothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
Jane AustenI saw few die of hunger, of eating a hundred thousand.
Benjamin FranklinThe Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.
George SantayanaThe superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
ConfuciusIt's lack that gives us inspiration. It's not fullness.
Ray BradburyI never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.
Robert Louis StevensonOnly those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Andre GideHe who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
ConfuciusA principle is the expression of perfection and as imperfect beings like us cannot practice perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
Mahatma GandhiCompassion brings us to a stop and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
Mason CooleyAll works are God's. He inspires He helps He executes He enjoys He is pleased He reaps and He sowed.
Sai BabaNot everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted.
Albert EinsteinSacred and inspired divinity the sabaoth and port of all men's labours and peregrinations.
Francis BaconSomething made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.
Maya AngelouI can live for two months on a good compliment.
Mark TwainTo do a great right, do a little wrong.
William ShakespeareI decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry but a kind of instinct or inspiration such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
SocratesMany foxes grow gray, but few grow good.
Benjamin FranklinHere is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.
William FeatherI am a walking piece of art every day with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.
Lady GagaWe are motivated by a keen desire for praise and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves even in those books which they write in contempt of glory inscribe their names.
Marcus Tullius CiceroI am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
Maya AngelouWhat lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.
Henry David ThoreauSpend a few minutes every morning and evening in the Silence of your own shrine or home, spend them with the highest of all the Powers that you know of. Be in His elevating and Inspiring company, worship Him mentally, offer unto Him all the work you do, you will come out of the silence nobler and more heroic than when you went in.
Sai Baba