Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
I am your number one fan.
In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing, the worst thing you can do is nothing.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
Love like you'll never be hurt.
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
There are never enough I Love You's.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
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.
Love is like a piece of art work, even the smallest bit can be so beautiful.
Keys to success : Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
Love isn't blind, it just only sees what matters.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
Success is a journey not a destination.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
They call me Mister Tibbs !
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Action is the antidote to despair.
Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be.
Love is like a mustard seed, planted by god and watered by men.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Love means to love that which is unlovable, or it is no virtue at all.
Joy is not in things, it is in us.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
Every cloud has a silver lining.
How do I look ?
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Live life to the fullest.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
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 list is an absolute good. The list is life.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Vegas, baby.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Hunker down.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Live life with passion.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
The art of love, is largely the art of persistence.
No pain, No gain.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
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.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.