Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it's only human nature.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
"I guess our offense was boring me a little bit" - when asked about dozing off on the sideline.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Your voice makes me tremble inside and your smile is an invitation for my imagination to go wild.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
Don't just aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference.
The only true gift is a portion of yourself.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
The good physician treats the disease, the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
I'm king of the world !
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Obstacles are great incentives.
Love is like a mustard seed, planted by god and watered by men.
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
Kindness is always fashionable.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
May the Force be with you.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless.
The more goals you set - the more goals you get.
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too !
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel.
You always succeed in producing a result.
Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
Fortune favors the brave.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
The dingo took my baby !
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
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.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
We can do no great things. Only small things with great love.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time, it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.