Best 4614 quotes in «inspiring quotes» category

As I visualize the new, I become dissatisfied with the old.

As long as your going to be thinking anyway, think big.

As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.

As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.

As long as I can remember, I've always loved people.

Aspire to decency. Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a rigid standard of morality to your lives; and if, periodically, you fail ­ as you surely will adjust your lives, not the standards.

As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.

As soon as you truly commit to making something happen, the 'how' will reveal itself.

As my mom always said, 'You'd rather have smile lines than frown lines.'

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion.

As we pursue our strategies world-wide, we accept a social and environmental responsibility as well. These responsibilities include the promotion of a sustainable economy and recognition of the accountability we have to the economies, environments, and communities where we do business around the world.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

A sure sign of failure for a startup is when someone sends me logo-embroidered polo shirts. If your people are at shows and in public, it's okay to buy for your own employees, but if you really think people are going to wear your branded polo when they're out and about, you are mistaken and have no idea how to spend your money.

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.

As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.

As you grow up, always tell the truth, do no harm to others, and don't think you are the most important being on earth. Rich or poor, you then can look anyone in the eye and say, 'I'm probably no better than you, but I'm certainly your equal.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.

At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers

As you move to the top, remember the story of the pump. If you start pumping casually or half -heartedly, you will pump forever before anything happens. Pump hard to begin with and keep it up until you get that water flowing. Then a great deal will happen.

A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.

A true friend sees the good in everything, and brings out the best in the worst of things.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client's bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more than recompensed by the reputation earned for being honest and trustworthy.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top - I'm afraid that's not quite right.

Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.

Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

Autumn's the mellow time.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

Avoid openly trying to reform people. Every man knows he is imperfect, but he doesn't want someone else trying to correct his faults. If you want to improve a person, help him embrace a higher working goal-a standard, an ideal-and he will do his own 'making over' far more effectively than you can do it for him.

A warrior takes every opportunity to teach himself.

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

Authentic brands don't emerge from marketing cubicles or advertising agencies. They emanate from everything the company does.

Be amazing. Be everywhere. Be real

Beauty and femininity are ageless and can't be contrived, and glamour, although the manufacturers won't like this, cannot be manufactured. Not real glamour; it's based on femininity.

At twelve I looked like a girl of seventeen. My body was developed and shapely. I still wore the blue dress and the blouse the orphanage provided. They made me look like an overgrown lummox.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.

Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also women and Latinos; and Asians and Native Americans; and gay Americans and Americans with a disability. They swung open for you, and they swung open for me. And that's why I'm standing here today-because of those efforts, because of that legacy.

Because the moment you stop doing the very things that got you to the top of the mountain is the very moment you begin the slid down to the valley.

Because the blues is the basis of most American music in the 20th century. It's a 12-bar form that's played by jazz, bluegrass and country musicians. It has a rhythmic vocabulary that's been used by rock n' roll. It's related to spirituals, and even the American fiddle tradition.

Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.

Because if you're prepared and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.

Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.

Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially see the child in the man or woman. Even if they are destroying you, allow a moment to see how lost in their own delusion and suffering they are.

Before something can become a habit it must first be practiced as a discipline.

Being a mom has made me so tired. And so happy.