Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Something happened to me. It was the sweetest thing that ever could be. It was a fantasy a dream come true, it was the day I met you !
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
It ain't over till it's over.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
You know, maybe I was wrong and luck is like love. You have to go all the way to find it.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
I am your number one fan.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
Where love reigns the impossible may be attained.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
I'm melting ! Melting ! Oh, what a world ! What a world !
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
Keep the Faith.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
Love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
Love to faults is always blind. Always is to joy inclined, winged, and unconfined. And breaks all chains from every mind.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
Everybody forgets the basic thing, people are not going to love you unless you love them.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect appreciation, and then fail to get it.
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go, the sooner the better.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
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.
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the light extinguished.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
There is no substitute for hard work.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
Love never claims, it ever gives.
Let's roll.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.