Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity

The most inspiring thing as an artist is when someone says, 'I believe in you'; sometimes that works even better than Grammys.

I look for anything new and inspiring - in the worlds of makeup but also jewelry and decor. I never know what will inspire me.

It's inspiring, I think, for women out there to see I'm a regular person. I am the every woman who's struggled with my weight.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

When you inhale, you are taking the strength from God. When you exhale, it represents the service you are giving to the world.

Airbnb has grown thanks to our hosts creating memorable experiences and inspiring their guests to be hosts in their hometowns.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

Do not deny the classical approach, simply as a reaction, or you will have created another pattern and trapped yourself there.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

There are people out there every day really fighting the fight for equal rights, equal pay, equal treatment. They're inspiring.

Massive progress has been made in the last five years. More progress has to be made in terms of fiscal union and banking union.

I work very hard, and I play very hard. I'm grateful for life. And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

Change leads to disappointment if it is not sustained. Transformation is sustained change, and it is achieved through practice.

Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.

Let us realize that engagement and detachment aren't opposite-the more engaged we become, the more detached we will have to be.

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.

I love the shape of cars. They are very inspiring as modern pieces of machinery. I can't drive, but I do like the look of them.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.

For Westlife, the music will never stop as long as our fans are around inspiring us to keep on making beautiful music together.

Instead of buying airplanes and playing around like some of our competitors, we've rolled almost everything back to the company.

If failure is not an option, neither is success. Innovation is just repeated failure till you come up with something that works.

The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.

I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.

Inspiring girls to write their stories and play their own instruments is something I'm passionate about, as it's not championed.

And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.

Management's job is to convey leadership's message in a compelling and inspiring way. Not just in meetings, but also by example.

Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.

Don't get bogged down with all the details of how it's going to come together. Just do the dishes. And watch the momentum build.

One of the marks of successful people is they are action oriented. One of the marks of average people is they are talk oriented.

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color.

As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.

Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn't help if your ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.

When I did make the decision to focus on acting, I think my mother was just relieved for me that I had finally started to focus.

I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.

Fifty years ago, 100 white men chasing one black man across a field was called the Ku Klux Klan. Today it's called the PGA Tour.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

Freedom is the basic condition for you to touch life, to touch the blue sky, the trees, the birds, the tea, and the other person.

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