Inspirational Quotes - Page 236

When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot.

i never learned anything while i was talking.

Any time you try to win everything, you must be willing to lose everything.

Leaders are like eagles... they don't flock. You'll find them one at a time.

In order to lead a fascinating life, one brimming with art, music, intrigue, and romance, you must surround yourself with precisely those things.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

Nothing stops an organization faster than people who believe that the way you worked yesterday is the best way to work tomorrow.

There are too many false things in the world, and I don't want to be a part of them. If you say what you think, you're called cocky or conceited. But if you have an objective in life, you shouldn't be afraid to stand up and say it. In the second grade, they asked us what we wanted to be. I said I wanted to be a ball player and they laughed. In the eighth grade, they asked the same question, and I said a ball player and they laughed a little more. By the eleventh grade, no one was laughing.

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life.

The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.

Cancer is a word, not a sentence.

Another year is fast approaching. Go be that starving artist you’re afraid to be. Open up that journal and get poetic finally. Volunteer. Suck it up and travel. You were not born here to work and pay taxes. You were put here to be part of a vast organism to explore and create. Stop putting it off. The world has much more to offer than what’s on 15 televisions at TGI Fridays. Take pictures. Scare people. Shake up the scene. Be the change you want to see in the world.


Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.

Linux is only free if your time has no value.

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

You can do so much in ten minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others.

A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

I go with the flow. Whatever music you play for me, I'll dance.