Inspiring Quotes

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway.

If we want to find safe alternatives to obstetrics, we must rediscover midwifery. To rediscover midwifery is the same as giving back childbirth to women. And imagine the future if surgical teams were at the service of the midwives and the women instead of controlling them.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

Don't see others doing better than you, beat your own records everyday, because success is a fight between you and yourself.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

The Bible was not given for our information but for our transformation.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.