Inspiration Quotes - Page 23

• There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

  Maimonides

  Kindness, Men, Eight

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• I hope that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet.

  Sylvia Earle

  Motivation, Ocean, Intelligent

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• A lot of athletes have this sort of invincibility: [The jellyfish] should worry about me. I don't worry about them. I'll just swim right through them.

  Diana Nyad

  Motivation, Ocean, Athlete

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• There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Long, Innovation, Pieces

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• We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.

  George Lucas

  Life, Dream, Follow Your Dreams

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• Dig trenches? With our men being killed off like flies? There isn't time to dig trenches. We'll have to buy them ready made.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Crazy, Silly

  "Fictional character: Rufus T. Firefly". "Duck Soup", www.imdb.com. 1933.

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• We need affordable space travel to inspire our youth, to let them know that they can experience their dreams, can set significant goals and be in a position to lead all of us to future progress in exploration, discovery and fun. Thanks to the X Prize for the inspiration.

  Burt Rutan

  Dream, Travel, Fun

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• Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Witty, Crazy

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• Since God often sends us inspirations by means of His angels, we should frequently return our aspirations to him by means of the same messengers.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Mean, Angel, Messengers

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• Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less defend us from the beautiful spontaneous writer who puts his trust in the inspiration of the moment.

  Max Beerbohm

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Essence

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• A man who listens because he has nothing to say can hardly be a source of inspiration. The only listening that counts is that of the talker who alternately absorbs and expresses ideas.

  Agnes Repplier

  Inspirational, Men, Ideas

  Agnes Repplier (1904). “Compromises”

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• I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.

  George W. Bush

  Stupid, Silly, Humor

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• I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Sarcastic, Play

  His reason for not playing cricket. Quoted in Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations (1988)

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• He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages.

  Mark Twain

  Sarcastic, Useless, Cabbage

  Mark Twain (2015). “Pudd'nhead Wilson”, p.129, Xist Publishing

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• I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.

  Mark Twain

  Sarcastic, Sea, Sight

  Mark Twain (1960). “The autobiography of Mark Twain: including chapters now published for the first time”

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• No man will work for your interests unless they are his.

  David Seabury

  Inspirational, Selfish, Men

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• Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.

  Bill Gates

  Acting, Action, Underestimate

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.37, Hachette UK

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• If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.

  Louis L'Amour

  Waiting, Acting, Action

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• In the next 15 or 20 years, I hope I'll be the richest man in the world. That's one of my goals. I want to be a billionaire. I want to get to a position where generation on generation don't have to worry about nothing. I don't want family members from my kids to my son's kids to never have to worry. And I can't do that now just playing basketball.

  LeBron James

  Basketball, Kids, Son

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• Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.

  Emanuel Celler

  Travel, Philosophy, Adventure

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• Upon awakening, let the words Thank You flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Gratitude, Positivity

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Feb 06, 2012

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• Blood's not thicker than money.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Money, Blood

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• What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.

  Albert Einstein

  Jesus, Personality, Achievement

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.70, Princeton University Press

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• Leadership is providing inspiration and vision, then developing and empowering others to achieve this vision.

  Marshall Goldsmith

  Leadership, Empowering, Vision

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• A rich man's joke is always funny.

  T. E. Brown

  Cute, Men, Rich

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