Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The more I love myself the better I am able to love you.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all ?
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Don't quit.
Happiness is a state of activity.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Count your blessings.
Happiness is a state of mind.
Success is predictable.
Every human heart is human.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
Most appreciated after dinner speech - I'll pay the check.
Begin with the end in mind.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Old love does not rust.
To ask the hard question is simple.
Adventure is worthwhile.
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Talkers are no good doers.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
Never say more than is necessary.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or catholics.
The best things in life are not things.
If there is a will, there is a way.
Where there's life, there's hope.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
I make wine at home. I make it out of raisins so that it will be aged automatically.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
All mankind love a lover.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
They can because they think they can.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
My life is my message.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Necessity is the mother of invention.