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"Sports have the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sports can create hope, where there was once only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. It laughs in the face of all types of discrimination. Sports is the game of lovers."
"I urge you to be as impudent as you dare. BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BE BOLD."
"Why can’t our job here on earth be simply to inspire each other?"
"It's life. You don't figure it out. You just climb up on the beast and ride."
"Before you can ever inspire, motivate, or influence, you must connect first."
"To think and to be fully alive are the same."
"If you want to be rich, simply serve more people."
"We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it."
"True joy comes when you inspire, encourage, and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her."
"When you are happy, the people around you are happy, too, and it inspires them to change their own world."
"The labor into which a heart has poured its whole love--where will it have its say, to excite and inspire, and when?"
"Confidence is believing in yourself. Arrogance is telling others youre better than they are. Confidence inspires. Arrogance destroys."
"Deep human connection is ... the purpose and the result of a meaningful life - and it will inspire the most amazing acts of love, generosity, and humanity."
"For all our current troubles, Americans are still the hardest working, most innovative people on the face of the earth. By trusting the American people, instead of government, we'll continue to surprise and inspire the world."
"You should work your hardest to inspire your inspirations"
"I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners."
"I'd learned something... Food had power. It could inspire, astonish, shock, excite, delight and impress. It had the power to please me... and others. This was valuable information."
"There are leaders, and there are those who lead. Leaders are those who hold a position of power or authority. But those who lead are those who inspire us. And it's those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them."
"Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone."
"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do."
