Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
I see dead people.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Love is letting go of fear.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
Romance is the fuel that keeps love burning hot.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Love is perfect kindness
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Do, or do not. There is no try.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
They can because they think they can.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
I think we deserve a break.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
Love doesn't make the world go'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
I know you are, but what am I ?
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Love is a symbol of eternity that wipes away all sense of time, removing all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
Girls got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.
How can you tell the difference between a run-over snake and a run-over lawyer? There are skid marks in front of the snake.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation by thinking once or twice a week.
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Our furniture goes back to louis the fourteenth - unless of course we pay him before then.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land, and they did.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.