Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
For with god all things are possible.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you !
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Honesty is the best image.
Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.
Union gives strength.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
As a writer, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories, and I give them money.
Begin with the end in mind.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
What ever you are be a good one.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
No disguise can long conceal love where it exists, or long feign it where it is lacking.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Stop makin noises like a husband.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Think about it, there must be higher love. Down in the heart or hidden in the stars above, without it, life is a wasted time. Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Love is not blind. It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Love is the whole and more than all.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.
Can you dig it ?
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable ?
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
The book you don't read cant help.
The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along.
If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
That dirty, double-crossin' rat !
The mark of a true doctor is usually illegible.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
A woman who is loved always has success.
Kindness is always fashionable.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.