Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
What is life without the radiance of love.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Love is the river of life in the world.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
The art of love, is largely the art of persistence.
Do you like scary movies ?
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Open the pod bay doors,
There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.
We don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
There is always room for those who can be relied upon to delivery the goods when they say they will.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal
True love is when your heart and your mind are saying the same thing.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
I love thee, I love but thee with a love that shall not die till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
I am not a toy, I was made for soups, salads, maybe chili, and then the trash. Freedom !
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
You don't just stumble into the future you create your own future.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
All you need is love.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Every human heart is human.
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Love is like a blazing flame, golden and full of warmth.
Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.
Forget about it.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties can not be great.
What do they think I am, dumb or something ? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge ! Put together !
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
Love is a bird, she needs to fly.
In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.