Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Joy is not in things, it is in us.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
You are what you think about all day long.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
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.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
I'm an excellent driver.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
May the Force be with you.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned.
The miracle power that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance, under the promptings of a brave determined spirit.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society -- outside of a kennel.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
Romance is the fuel that keeps love burning hot.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
She's my sister ! She's my daughter !
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
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.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
Do we really know anybody ? Who does not wear a face to hide another ?
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight ?
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Who's on first.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.
Would you like to come in ?
What hump ?
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Success is not to be pursued ; it is to be attracted by the person you become.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
The road to success is always under construction.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Come out, come out, wherever you are !
My friends are my estate.
I know that I will die laughing.
Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
Forget about it.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
There's no crying in baseball !
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Never Quit.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
A heart as soft, a heart as kind, a heart as sound and free as in the whole world thou canst find that heart I'll give to thee.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb ? Just one, but it requires 21 office visits and 4 X-rays.
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.