Inspiring Quotes... - Page 2

"The future depends on what we do in the present." -Ghandi

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

And finally, one for all you DREAMERS out there:

"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can DREAM it, you can become it."
-William Arthur Ward

Not many people quote Rambam (Maimonides) for those of you who aren't Jewish, but I love to quote him.

"Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen".

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, and spends himselfi n a worthy cause; who at the best
knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly....."
----Theodore Roosevelt

And here is another all time favorite. . . . for all my fellow DREAMERS!

"Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you... You can't do something. . . .You got a DREAM... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period."
Chris Gardner, the Pursuit of Happiness

i love love this whole poem

Still I Rise


You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou

thank you for this site

Here's a few...

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. - Bob Marley

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential. - Bruce Lee

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. - Bruce Lee

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. - Bruce Lee

You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend. - Bruce Lee

The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison. - Dr. Ann Wigmore

". . . It is impossible for us to learn elsewhere what we are incapa-
ble of learning within our own bodies." - Schwaller de Lubicz, The Temple In Man

"If a man has intercourse once without spilling his seed, his vital
essence is strengthened. If he does this twice, his hearing and
vision are made clear. If three times, all his physical illness will
disappear. The fourth time he will begin to feel inner peace. The
fifth time his blood will circulate powerfully. The sixth time his
genitals will gain new prowess. By the seventh his thighs and but-
tocks will become firm. The eighth time his entire body will radiate
good health. The ninth time his lifespan will be increased." - from the Canon of Taoist Wisdom collected by Emperor Tang

Nothing external to you has any power over you. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

When a performer begins to experience physical or emotional pain in the heat of the battle, the brain, whose primary role is self preservation, asks the question: 'Why must I suffer?' The champion will answer the question with the vision they have carefully constructed, and they will continue to fight. Since the masses lack this mental clarity and have no reason to suffer, they quit as soon as the pain kicks in. Developing a world-class vision is the secret to world-class motivation. - Steve Siebold

The great ones are highly aware of the fact that all perceptions are based on the experience and belief of the beholder. This is the reason they surround themselves with people who think much bigger than they do, Beliefs and expectations are contagious, and champions are eager to catch as much as they can. - Steve Siebold, 177 Mental Toughness Secrets of the World Class: The Thought Processes, Habits and Philosophies of the Great Ones

these quotes doesnt really have anything to do with the dream act but they're my fav.


"buckle up and anjoy the rollercoaster that is life"

"there are 7 billion people on this planet who i have not met, and 195 countries i have not visited. yet i am stuck in this insignificant town , being pressured into making decisions about my future, when i barely even know who i am."

If you don't like your job, you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. --Homer Simpson

"The mind of the subject will desperately struggle to create memories where none exist..."
―R. Lutece, Barriers to Trans-Dimensional Travel, 1889

"Until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life."
-Rocky

"Don't give up on the things that make you great"
-Sarah Walker (from the show Chuck)

This always gets me going when I'm down.