#inspirational

"‎"Today's dirty hands are tomorrow's muddy water"

"Life becomes empty if we fill it with worthless thoughts and deeds."

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."

"We must not forget the beauty of humanity. At the core of our being, we must love humanity."

"I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life."

"Everything stinks till it’s finished."

"Everything you can imagine is real."

"You must understand that love never keeps a man from pursuing his Personal Legend. If he abandons that pursuit, it's because it wasn't a true love.. the love that speaks the language of the world."

"Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other"

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.[Remarks Recorded for the Opening of a USIA Transmitter, February 8 1963]"

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."

"One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong"

"We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has."

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

"I don't regret the painful times; I bare my scars as if they were medals."

"A lot of the conflict you have in your life exists simply because you're not living in alignment; you're not be being true to yourself."

"I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love...I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts."

"It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is."

"Life is at its best when everything has fallen out of place, and you decide that you're going to fight to get them right, not when everything is going your way and everyone is praising you."

"The pressures on gay teens can be overwhelming--to keep secrets, tell lies, deny who you are, and try to be who you're not. Remember: you are special and worth being cared about, loved, and accepted just as you are. Never, ever let anyone convince you otherwise."