Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
You sing-a high.
Face it girls, I'm older and I have more insurance.
Security is a kind of death.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Love is a fruit in season at all times.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to love and be loved in return.
The wound is the place where the light enters you.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Love never claims, it ever gives.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
If you look at what you have in life, You'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, You'll never have enough.
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
Don't fear, just live right.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
Whatever our souls are made up, his and mine are the same.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
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.
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
If you want a do-right woman, you have to be a do-right man
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
Begin with the end in mind.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality, the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
He who has hope has everything.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.
You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Chance is the fool's name for fate.
Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
We belong dead.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Love those who love you.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.