Inspirational Quotes - Page 94

A thought that sometimes makes me hazy: Am I - or are the others crazy?

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Music is a manifestation of the human spirit, similar to language. Its greatest practitioners have conveyed to mankind things not possible to say in any other language. If we do not want these things to remain dead treasures, we must do our utmost to make the greatest possible number of people understand their idiom.

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly.

The man on top of the mountain didn't fall there.

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.

Dogs never bite me. Just humans.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.