Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
Help me ! Help me !
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
My love for you is a journey, starting at forever, and ending at never.
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
What a dump.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb ? Just one, but it requires 21 office visits and 4 X-rays.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
They alone live, who live for others.
You are what you think you are.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
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.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Love is something eternal.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
It's good to be the king !
Snap out of it !
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Our intentions create our reality.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
To infinity and beyond !
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
What hump ?
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons ! The loons ! They're welcoming us back.
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Freedom from the known is death, and then you are living.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Change comes from within.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
A heart can be broken, but it keeps beating just the same.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
There are no gains without pains.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
Live life to the fullest.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
Go ahead, make my day.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
I make wine at home. I make it out of raisins so that it will be aged automatically.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Hollywood is crawling with outsiders and foreigners. If you kick'em all out, you'll have nothing to watch but football and mixed martial arts, which are not the arts.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.