Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Better late than never.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Your voice makes me tremble inside and your smile is an invitation for my imagination to go wild.
Mr. Allen, this may come as a shock to you, but there are some men who don't end every sentence with a proposition.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
Love is a fruit in season at all times.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
Do you like scary movies ?
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Would you like to come in ?
To God, there is no zero. I still exist.
Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
My friends are my estate.
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
There are simply too many notes.
Reach for the stars.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Everybody forgets the basic thing, people are not going to love you unless you love them.
You had me at hello.
You can't express every feeling that you have every moment that you have them.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
For the first time in my life, people cheering for me. Were you deaf ? Didn't you hear 'em ? We're not hitchhiking any more. We're riding.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
They can because they think they can.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
Stand-up comedy is a brutal business. And thanks to Netflix, people get overpaid for it.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Mama says, Stupid is as stupid does.
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Gort ! Klaatu barada nikto !
Love is like war, easy to begin but hard to end.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in kansas anymore.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb ? Just one, but it requires 21 office visits and 4 X-rays.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Love is a hole in the heart.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship.
There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.