Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Live with passion !
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Face it girls, I'm older and I have more insurance.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Do it now !
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Love reminds you that nothing else matters.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Love conquers all things, let us too surrender to love.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
Hunker down.
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
It ain't over till it's over.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Shane ! Shane ! Come back !
Love, a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Act or accept.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Hoke, you're my best friend.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
You're tearing me apart !
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
Love is a thing, well, it's kind of like quicksand. The more you are in it, the deeper you sink. And when it hits you, you've just got to fall.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years, and every little absence is an age.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
No one became poor by giving alms.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than other's think safe, dreaming more than others think practical, and expecting more than others think possible.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
I see dead people.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Love like there is no tomorrow.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
Love understands all languages.
Love is a moment that lasts forever.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
Knowledge work is all about how we use one another's time and attention. Given just minutes, good leaders can affect how we think, what we decide, and, ultimately, what we create.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Change comes from within.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain !