Give light and people will find the way.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life.

To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential... With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

Inspirational leaders need to have a winning mentality in order to inspire respect. It is hard to trust in the leadership of someone who is half-hearted about their purpose, or only sporadic in focus or enthusiasm.

On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.

Our ideals are our better selves.

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.

I'm not an inspirational quote kind of person.

We convince by our presence.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

The authentic self is the soul made visible.

It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.

I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.

The handicap of deafness is not in the ear; it is in the mind.

Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon... must inevitably come to pass!

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.

Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.

One of the things that I did before I ran for president is I was a professional speaker. Not a motivational speaker - an inspirational speaker. Motivation comes from within. You have to be inspired. That's what I do. I inspire people, I inspire the public, I inspire my staff. I inspired the organizations I took over to want to succeed.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.

At the end of the day, the one commonality that both Hindi cinema and Hollywood share is that they are full of talented and inspirational people. Outside of this, there are many differences, from the scheduling and rehearsal to promotion and directing techniques.

We are here to make another world.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

'Get along, go along' is not an inspirational philosophy, and only God knows how much moral cowardice it has covered up over the years. Serve your time, collect your chits, and cash 'em in for your home state? No, I'd say we could ask for more than that from our senators.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, 'Church' has become an informational, inspirational weekly gathering rather than the group of people that God has ordained from Heaven to operate on his behalf on Earth in order to bring Heaven's viewpoint into history.

I think it's great that you have inspirational female roles, that it's not just the pretty girl on the arm of a man.

Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.