Best 46928 quotes in «inspirational quotes» category

I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.

I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.

I think that you could be whatever you wanted to be if you could realize all the dreams you have inside.

I think that when you look at the great politicians, the two greatest in my view were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, they certainly had character traits. You also know Abraham Lincoln overcame severe depression problems that he had when he was younger, which gave him the strength and the character later on.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

I think the challenge is to takedifficult and painful times and turn them into something beneficial, something that makes you grow.

I think the difference between me and some people is that I'm content to do my little bit. Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to make change. But if each one would light a candle we'd have a tremendous light.

I think the first duty of society is justice.

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

I think the foremost quality - there's no success without it - is really loving what you do. If you love it, you do it well, and there's no success if you don't do well what you're working at.

I think the greatest all-around athlete ever was Jim Brown. He played lacrosse, basketball and ran track at Syracuse. He played professional football for the Browns.

I think the hard part is over. Now it's time for us to play.

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.

I think the point of cinematography, of what we do, is intimacy.

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do.

I think there's too much emphasis placed on learning things by rote that you don't really care about. So what happens to students in school is that they eventually lose interest in learning, because they've been forced to learn the required courses, rather than pursing their passion.

I think the thing to do is enjoy the ride while you're on it.

I think video games are going to completely take over storytelling in our society. Video games are not a fad.

I think 'vegan' is a beautiful word. It is more than just a description for our diet. I see it as a visible template for an ethical, healthy, responsible, and rational life. Because it describes our character, it says we do not take the life of another living being to satisfy our wants.

I think Virgin Blue is still a very promising and exciting business. Now, I know that's not a view that's widely held in the market but I think the market is simply throwing it into the too-hard basket at the present time because of the oil price events. But we think it is still a very exciting business.

I think we are at the dawn of a new era in commercial space exploration.

I think we're going to find, with climate change and everything else, things like global warming and goodness knows what else and the cost of fuel for a start, that things are going to become very complicated.

I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better.

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

I think what you're seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they've got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.

I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or textiles, and we look back through history instantly.

I think when you’re young you should be a lot with yourself and your sufferings. Then one day you get out where the sun shines and the rain rains and the snow snows and it all comes together.

I think women as well as men are concerned about jobs and the economy and spending and, and other issues. They're concerned that when their kids graduate from college they have an economy and they have a future in this country and they, they have the same opportunity that we've had and our grandparents have had.

I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.

I think you might see us growing much deeper into banking. You might see us acquiring companies in the banking area. You might see us acquiring companies in the retail area. I think you might see us acquiring companies in the telecommunications. I think you will see us getting stronger in business intelligence.

I thought I should go to New York because it was the place to go to study. I went and tried to get an application from the Juilliard School but they wouldn't even give me one because I didn't have my high school graduation.

I think you're not a human being unless you have doubts and fears.

I thought Big Sur would be a great break after the tour. You'd walk down this rickety ladder to this not-very-pretty beach scene; crashing waves, moss-covered rocks, weird ocean life. It was scary. It summed up alot of things in my life, like 'I should be enjoying this, but I'm not.

I thought of that while riding my bicycle.

I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

I throw just as hard as ever - it just takes twice as long to get there.

It hurts up to a point and then it doesn't get any worse.

It is against the law to permit weak people to steal your strength. Never permit it.

It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.

It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it.

It is a great good to be given over to the will of God. Then the Lord alone is in the soul, and no other thought, and she prays to God with a pure mind. When the soul is entirely given over to the will of God, then the Lord Himself begins to guide her, and the soul learns directly from God ... A proud man does not with to live according to the will of God. He likes to direct himself, and does not understand that man does not have enough understanding to direct himself without God.

It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history.

It is a full time job being honest one moment at a time, remembering to love, to honor, to respect. It is a practice, a discipline, worthy of every moment.

It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend.