Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
Reach for the stars.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
Where is there dignity unless there is honesty ?
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever.
I saw and loved.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
This is the people's war ! It is our war ! We are the fighters ! Fight it, then ! Fight it with all that is in us, and may god defend the right.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
Do or do not, there is no try.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Let's go home, Debbie.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
I arise from dreams of thee in the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.
If it is to be it is up to me.
What ever you are be a good one.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity can not survive.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
No disguise can long conceal love where it exists, or long feign it where it is lacking.
Actions speak louder than words.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Love is something eternal.
Curse ruthless time ! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it.
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
What's meant to be will always find a way
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
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.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
He who hesitates is lost.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Oh, love is real enough, you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy and that is life.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Never stop dreaming.
You had me at "hello".
A bold onset is half the battle.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Look at that ! Look how she moves. That's just like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motor. I tell you, it's a whole different sex !
If I had never met him, I would have dreamed him into being.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.