Inspiration Quotes - Page 104

A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there.

We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.

Follow your dreams. Just make sure to have fun too.

My favorite machine at the gym is the vending machine.

If kids come to us from strong, healthy functioning families, it makes our job easier. If they do not come to us from strong, healthy, functioning families, it makes our job more important.

Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars.

The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No great man has ever wise-cracked his way to greatness. Until one learns to lose one's self he cannot find himself. No one can multiply himself by himself. He must first divide himself and give himself to the service of all, thus placing himself within all others through acts of thoughtfulness and service.

There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well.

Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from.

Focus on your dream and never quit. It is always too soon to quit. If you quit, you can't succeed. By achieving your dream you will be an inspiration to others. You will set the example and make an enormous impact on the world.

The worst has happened. The best is next.

A person needs a little madness, or else they never dare cut the rope and be free.

The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life.

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might has well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.