Quotes about inspiration
inspirational hero recovery
Do not let the hero in your soul perish... Ayn Rand
inspirational people care
But why should you care what people will say? All you have to do is please yourself. Ayn Rand
inspirational men challenges
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. Ayn Rand
inspirational motivational change
The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
inspirational courage two-sides
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. Ayn Rand
inspirational freedom independent-women
Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing. Ayn Rand
inspirational life motivational
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours. Ayn Rand
inspirational wisdom truth
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. Ayn Rand
inspirational funny witty
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. Bertrand Russell
inspiration men fire
[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labour of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins... Bertrand Russell
inspirational funny book
There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. Bertrand Russell
inspirational philosophy believe
I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine. Bertrand Russell
inspirational happiness inner-peace
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. Bertrand Russell
inspirational funny patience
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Bertrand Russell
inspirational success educational
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell
inspirational motivational happiness
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. Bertrand Russell
inspirational life happiness
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Bertrand Russell
inspirational success wisdom
To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
inspirational children pain
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate this evil, but I cannot, and I too suffer. Bertrand Russell
inspirational motivational fear
Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
inspirational inspiration technique
Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more. Benjamin Cardozo
inspirational funny sheep
Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep Benito Mussolini
inspiration men competition
What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition. Benjamin Disraeli
inspiration competition emulation
Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition. Benjamin Disraeli
inspirational-life history biographies
Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory. Benjamin Disraeli
inspirational time teenage
Youth is the trustee of prosperity. Benjamin Disraeli
inspirational years calendars
Life is not dated merely by years. Events are sometimes the best calendars. Benjamin Disraeli
inspiration knowledge men
The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do. Benjamin Disraeli
inspirational travel journey
Travel teaches toleration. Benjamin Disraeli
inspirational success wisdom
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure. Benjamin Disraeli
inspirational life littles
Life is too short to be little. Benjamin Disraeli
inspiration reading writing
When I want to read a novel, I write one. Benjamin Disraeli
inspirational successful men
Whenever you see a man who is successful in society, try to discover what makes him pleasing, and if possible adopt his system. Benjamin Disraeli