Inspirational Quotes - Page 426

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

There is no luck, you work hard and study things intently. If you do that for long and hard enough you're successful.

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people.

All God's angels come to us disguised.

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

It's great to win, but it's also great fun just to be in the thick of any truly well and hard fought contest against opponents you respect, whatever the outcome.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field.

Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.

A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.

Live all you can; it's a mistake not to.

Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

Don't wait for anyone to deputize you or authorize you or empower you. You have to just start out with yourself...and put one foot in front of the other.

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.

The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure.

Your greatest strength is love. Your greatest weakness is fear.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.