Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
The buck stops here.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all ?
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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.
Love is a ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, nor for the best opportunities, they will never come.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
High expectations are the key to everything.
You're tearing me apart !
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
Press forsake! Go ahead and press 'forsake now' !
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
Love is the universal thirst for a communion not merely of the senses, but of our whole nature.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Reach for the stars.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner.
The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Love is sweet, delicate, dreamy an eternity of gorgeous moments.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
God doesn't make junk.
Love is like a mustard seed, planted by god and watered by men.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
Love doesn't make the world go'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
Gobble gobble, gobble gobble. We accept her. One of us, one of us.
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Pay your taxes, mind your business and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of your (bleeping) mouth.
I'm Multi-Dimensional !
In prosperity, our friends know us , in adversity, we know our friends.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
Gort ! Klaatu barada nikto !
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
None are homely who smile.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
Never giving up and pushing forward will unlock all the potential we are capable of.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.