Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Great men are not always wise.
We can only learn to love by loving.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Never say die.
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
That dirty, double-crossin' rat !
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.
Realize that you are capable of working miracles of your own making. Remember that opportunities have a reason for knocking on your door, and the right ones are there for the taking.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
It's always too soon to quit !
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Shut up and deal.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep, the more I give to thee the more I have for both are infinite.
Do we really know anybody ? Who does not wear a face to hide another ?
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Love is a hole in the heart.
Eddie, you're a born loser.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
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.
We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Don't dream it be it.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Must you flirt ?
But, in the opinion of the court, you are not only sane but you're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom.
Do you like scary movies ?
Never seek to tell thy love. Love that never told can be, for the gentle wind does move silently, invisibly.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
Live Simply, Laugh Often, Love Deeply.
Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle I find it too confining.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
Don't ever give up.
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
And for an hour, for an hour, I'm the best actress in the world.
My love for you is a journey, starting at forever, and ending at never.
Obstacles are great incentives.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
Remove failure as an option.
A dream unrealized is a dream imprisoned by that enemy of all enemies - the fear of failure. Set that you will make it happen ! -
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
You really can change the world if you care enough.
You're tearing me apart !
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.