Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
The road to success is always under construction.
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Every human heart is human.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
Okay, but I get to be on top.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Believe in yourself.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
I am the captain of my soul.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Don't quit.
I want to be alone.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
Love that is true never grows old.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Good morning, Vietnam !
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
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.
Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor.
The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart.
Letting go of our suffering is the hardest thing we will ever do.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Love like you'll never be hurt.
Mr. Christian !
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things can not be changed.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Never seek to tell thy love. Love that never told can be, for the gentle wind does move silently, invisibly.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
What do they think I am, dumb or something ? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge ! Put together !
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
You only get out what you put in.
Our life is what it is as a result of how we think.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
The best proof of love is trust.
Love is friendship set on fire.
Life is what you make it.
Only the educated are free.
It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
Living, love and death are one thing, not divisive, not separated, not divorced, not in the field of time but it is completely a living, moving thing, indivisible. And that is immortal.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
It's showtime !
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.