Random Inspirational Quotes

"A fine gentleman like that, they said, had no need of books. Let him leave books, they said, to the palsied or the dying. But worse was to come. For once the disease of reading has laid hold upon the system it weakens it so that it falls an easy prey to that other scourge which dwells in the ink pot and festers in the quill. The wretch takes to writing."

"Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love."

"Reading all the quotes in the world won’t make you or me into Plato, Gandhi Or Einstein, just like watching hundreds games of soccer won’t make you a soccer player or taking a yoga class will make u a yogini, or reading a golf book will make you a golfer. We need to put the Knowledge to practice and that is the challenge. Put it to work for you, make the effort to Follow Through"

"Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion."

"Don't call yourself discouraged anymore;it's no longer your name."

"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation."

"Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom."

"Too Much Information You must empty your mind of garbage to let new garbage in."

"Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves"

"If you think someone or something other than yourself is responsible for your happiness or success, I'd guess you're not that happy or successful."

"Caring about someone isn't complicated. It isn't easy. But it isn't complicated, either. Kinda like lifting the engine block out of a car."

"I have an 8th grade education. Of course, I also have a bachelor’s degree."

"Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you."

"Go with your Gut Our eyes, our mind plays tricks.Our love muscle, our heartchooses blindly and impulsively.But our gut,ahh, our gut,always makes the wise choice ~and goes straight for the burning hot pocketsfresh out of the microwavebecause our mouthsahh, our mouths,never needed a roof in the first place."

"I am a fashion person, and fashion is not only about clothes -- it's about all kinds of change"

"The true measure of success is how many times you can bounce back from failure."

"On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success."

"Missing someone, they say, is self-centered.I self-center you more than ever."

"It takes a very long time to become young."

"A novel is not an allegory.... It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing."