Motivational Quotes
Actors' inspirational and motivational quotes
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This section is dedicated to motivational and inspirational quotes. Actors and directors have their own way to confront and overcome difficulties. This is a collection of mantras that help celebrities reach happiness and serenity, or teach them never to give up in difficult times and to live life as best as they can. The concepts at the core of this section are resilience, determination and perseverance for reaching our dreams.
“I see my purpose in life as making the world a happier place to be in.”
“If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.”
“If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.”
“I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.”
“I hate looking backward, but every once in a while it sneaks up on you.”
“Take the feeling of hunger out of your gut, and you're no longer a champion.”
“The greatest evil that one has to fight constantly, every minute of the day until one dies, is the worse part of oneself.”
“My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.”
“Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.”
“If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it. If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it.”
“Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life.”
“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.”
“The fear really hits you. That's what you feel first. And then it's the anger and frustration. Part of the problem is how little we understand about the ultimate betrayal of the body when it rebels against itself.”
“If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.”
“Whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.”
“But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.”
“The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.”
“This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things... It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.”
“The more space and emptiness you can create in yourself, then you can let the rest of the world come in and fill you up.”
“I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.”
“It's not who I am underneath but what I do that defines me.”
“I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.”
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