Inspirational Quotes - Page 456

All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.

It is not what you say or hope or wish or intend but only what you do that counts. Your choices tell you unerringly who you really are.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

Even to me the issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem, but the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use our voices.

If we own the story then we can write the ending.

We are always afraid to start something that we want to make very good, true, and serious.

When we are in love we seem to ourselves quite different from what we were before.

Know the Power that is Peace.

Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.

I choose bold. I choose action. I choose what's right for the people. I choose to make a difference.

I am a woman and when I think, I must speak.

The reality is, sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose, you're never too big to lose, you're never too smart to lose, it happens.

I don't want easy, just possible.

Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.

There's no substitute for guts.

In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.

[Hope is] the dream of a waking man.

The camera makes you forget you're there. It's not like you are hiding but you forget, you are just looking so much.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Do not save your loving speeches For your friends till they are dead; Do not write them on their tombstones, Speak them rather now instead.

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.

No man can become rich without himself enriching others

You panic button collector. You clock of beautiful ticks. You run out the door if you need to. You flock to the front row of your own class. You feather everything until you know you can always, always shake like a leaf on my family tree and know you belong here. You belong here and everything you feel is okay. Everything you feel is okay.

Hate brings me to my knees, love gets me on my feet.