Quotes on Inspirational

We must become the change we want to see.

In the factory we make cosmetics. In the store we sell hope.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

People and things do not upset us. Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us.

Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose_x000D_ _x000D_ he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it._x000D_ _x000D_ But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life_x000D_ _x000D_ that one exists for other people.

Enough of these phrases, conceit and metaphors,_x000D_ _x000D_ I want burning, burning, burning.

If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong.

I love all the things there are, _x000D_ and of all fires _x000D_ love is the only inexhaustible one; _x000D_ and that's why I go from life to life.

Your way begins at the other side._x000D_ _x000D_ Become the sky._x000D_ _x000D_ Take an axe to the prison wall._x000D_ _x000D_ Escape._x000D_ _x000D_ Walk out like someone suddenly born into color._x000D_ _x000D_ Do it now.

Your genuine action will explain itself, and_x000D_ _x000D_ will explain your other genuine actions._x000D_ _x000D_ Your conformity explains nothing.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily_x000D_ _x000D_ by saying nothing, doing nothing,_x000D_ _x000D_ and being nothing.

An integral being knows without going,_x000D_ _x000D_ sees without looking, and accomplishes without doing.

When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.

If poetry does not come as naturally as leaves to a tree,_x000D_ _x000D_ then it better not come at all.

Here they are, all in one place. Circle back to them when you need some poetic shine._x000D_ _x000D_ It is not revolutions and upheavals that clear the road to better days,_x000D_ _x000D_ but revelations, and lavishness of someone's soul inspired, and ablaze.

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid. It's good to be afraid occasionally. Fear is a great teacher.

Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.

Fear will always knock on your door. Just don't invite it in for dinner. And for heaven's sake, don't offer it a bed for the night.

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

Whether it was making my bed or making a movie, my mother and father never hesitated to say how proud they were of me, and that means so very much to a child.