Quotes on Inspirational

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few... No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

I have only one rule in acting - trust the director and give him heart and soul.

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

It's opener, out there, in the wide, open air.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

The honorary duty of a human being is to love.

Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.

We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

Self conquest is the greatest of victories.

The more you talk about negative things in your life, the more you call them in. Speak victory not defeat.

I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.

The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.

The happiest people I know are people who don't even think about being happy. They just think about being good neighbors, good people. And then happiness sort of sneaks in the back window while they are busy doing good.

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

If you take the approach that “good” is not an accident - that everyone and everything that shows up in your life is there for a reason - you’ll begin to see every event (no matter how difficult or challenging) as a chance for enrichment and advancement in your life.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.