Quotes on Inspirational

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things

Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.

It's easier to stand on the sidelines, criticize, and say why you shouldn't do something. The sidelines are crowded. Get in the game.

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

It is only in revolutionary struggle against the capitalists of every country, and only in union with the working women and men of the whole world, that we will achieve a new and brighter future-the socialist brotherhood of the workers.

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries.

My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.

All that glisters is not gold; Often have you heard that told: Many a man his life hath sold But my outside to behold: Gilded tombs do worms enfold.

We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an antiseptic.