Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
Love those who love you.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
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.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
You were made perfectly to be loved and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
One rule of action more important than all others is consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
The time is always right to do what is right.
Love is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly it may alight upon you.
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
You know, Billy. We blew it.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Love the giver more than the gift.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Freedom from the known is death, and then you are living.
Many hands make light work.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
I love you - those three words have my life in them.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Where there is love there is life.
Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
I think we deserve a break.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
"It's Pretty Cool" - on winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Have you checked the children lately ?
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Don't dream it be it.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.