Quotes on Inspirational

When you have a spirit of excellence, you do the right thing not because somebody is watching or making you do it; you do it because it's the right thing to do.

...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michaelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

Conviction is a force multiplier. If you want something, claim it in your gut. The universe itself responds to your inner certainty.

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.

Customer satisfaction is worthless. Customer loyalty is priceless.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.