5,550 Quotes About Inspiring

  • Author John O'Hurley
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    When we leap, we must leap as though the net will appear. A leap in life, however big or small, is an act of commitment with the expectation of success.

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  • Author Marie Osmond
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    I didn't know my mother had it. I think a lot of women don't know their mothers had it; that's the sad thing about depression. You know, you don't function anymore. You shut down. You feel like you are in a void.

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  • Author Michelle Obama
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    You all have opportunities and skills and education that so many folks who came before you never could have dreamed of. So just imagine the kind of impact that you're going to make. Imagine how you can inspire those around you to reach higher and complete their own education.

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  • Author Michelle Obama
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    We've got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.

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  • Author Ruth Ozeki
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    Life is fleeting. Don't waste a single moment of your precious life. Wake up now! And now! And now!

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  • Author Amy Poehler
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    Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'

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  • Author Colin Powell
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    Maybe we don't put our young people in situations often enough where they're allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don't fail as often.

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  • Author David Packard
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    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.

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