Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
There is nothing as remarkable as learning how to think better.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
I know you are, but what am I ?
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
The world belongs to the energetic.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
The currency of success is not money. It’s minutes. What percentage of my life do I spend doing what I want, in the way I want? That’s true success.
If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
Old love does not rust.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
I'm going to take a bath.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
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.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Hi-Yo, Silver !
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
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.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life , that word is love.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
The loving are the daring.
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
You see, Francois, marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together. But with you, Francois, I think it would be a mistake.
Begin with the end in mind.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Where's the rest of me ?
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Love is a hole in the heart.
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
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.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Would you like to come in ?
I think we deserve a break.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
Reach for the stars.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
I want to be alone.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
If you want a do-right woman, you have to be a do-right man
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Above all to thine own self be true.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved , it is God's finger on man's shoulder.
Pay your taxes, mind your business and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of your (bleeping) mouth.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
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.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Ninotchka, it's midnight. One half of Paris is making love to the other half.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
He who dares nothing need hope for nothing.
The wound is the place where the light enters you.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
I'll have what she's having.
May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.
No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities -- they're always there.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.