Famous Inspirational Quotes

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

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.

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

Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.

Adventure is worthwhile in itself.

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.

Being that can be understood is language.

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.

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

Every generation needs a new revolution.

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

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

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.