Best 46928 quotes in «inspirational quotes» category

I could still remember how having a two day old baby makes you feel faintly sorry for everyone else, stuck in their wan unmiraculous lives.

I could use a hundred people who don't know there is such a word as impossible.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

I'd be a fool to surrender, when I know I can be a contender. And if everyone's a contender, then everyone could be a winner.

I'd be conceited if I said I could, but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't.

I dance a lot and I run and do yoga and play field hockey and tennis. I like to be active. I don't always have time for that stuff, but I do always feel better afterward.

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.

I'd come home from school alone with those teenage blues and I'd put on Frank Sinatra's It was a very good year. Here was this mature man singing about the cycle of his life, and as a kid I felt the emotions of it already. It has since been a touchstone for me whenever I want to experiment musically.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

Ideally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds.

Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

Ideally, the writer needs no audience other than the few who understand that it is immodest and greedy to want more.

I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.

Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.

Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity.

I deserve to have boundaries, and my boundaries are respected. I love and honor myself. I am safe. All is well.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

I did everything he did but backwards & in high heels.

I did graduate with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1948.

I didn't arrive at my understanding of the fundamental laws of the universe through my rational mind.

I did not have to believe. I only had to wonder.

I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.

I didn't have a job because nobody would hire me. My friends were getting hired, and I couldn't even get a job interview. That really rocked my self-esteem because I didn't understand what I did wrong on those job applications.

I didn't get my degree at NYU; I got it later, they gave me an honourary one.

I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording room. Weary, I would beg for a break, an intermission, time enough, let's say, to go to the toilet or take a breath of fresh air on the balcony. Nothing doing!

I didn't just jump back on the bike and win. There were a lot of ups and downs, good results and bad results, but this time I didn't let the lows get to me.

I didn’t know that painters and writers retired. They’re like soldiers – they just fade away.

I didn't realize it was October until I saw the Chicago Cubs choking.

I didn't so much think I needed to address the shooting need. What we needed was somebody who could come in and play the two-three (shooting guard-small forward) spot. If he could've been a pure shooter, great. But if not, we still needed somebody to give us minutes there. I like the guys we've got.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

I didn't see my son the entire time I did 'Dancing With the Stars.' The only time I saw Jeffrey was when he came to the show Monday and Tuesday nights to watch me dance. You literally rehearse six to eight hours every single day - 40 to 50 hours a week.

I didn't want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.

I did something that challenged the banking world. Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor. All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.

I’d like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order. We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for it to be transformational and magical and all those things a musical is supposed to be.

I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.

I do believe that most men live lives of quiet desperation. For despair, optimism is the only practical solution. Hope is practical. Because eliminate that and it's pretty scary. Hope at least gives you the option of living.

I do believe I am special. My special gift is my vision, my commitment, and my willingness to do whatever it takes.

I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!

I do desire we may be better strangers.

I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it's an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I've learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them.

I do good when people doubt me. When someone says I can't do something, I want to do more. I won't back down from anybody.

i do it for the joy it brings because i'm a joyful girl because the world owes me nothing and we owe each other the world

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.