Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds, they mature slowly.
You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.
First say to yourself what you would be , and then do what you have to do.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
You make me want to be a better man.
Know thyself.
Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless.
If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavors to live the life that they have imagined, they'll meet with success unexpected in common hours.
It's hard to tell your mind to stop loving someone, when your heart still does.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
You can do what you want to do.
A small house will hold a hundred friends.
If we all tired to make other peoples paths easy, our own feet would have a smooth even place to walk on.
Love those who love you.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
To gain more abundance a person needs more skills and needs to be more creative and cooperative.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved , it is God's finger on man's shoulder.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
I'm an excellent driver.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Never say die.
And our bodies are earth. And our thoughts are clay. And we sleep and eat with death.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Press forsake! Go ahead and press 'forsake now' !
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
The minute I heard my first love story I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere, they're in each other all along.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
I can't believe it. Right here where we live -- right here in St. Louis.
Better late than never.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
The past does not equal the future.
Love is a many splendered thing.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
Plan your progress carefully , hour-by hour, day-by-day, month-by-month. Organized activity and maintained enthusiasm are the wellsprings of your power. Planning for happiness is rarely successful. Happiness just happens.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are made.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Yes, it used to be beautiful -- what with the rackets, whoring, guns.
Hope springs eternal.
Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch-what make you go beyond the norm.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
The world belongs to the energetic.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Life is the first gift, love is the second.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
Love is not selfish.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Carpe diem.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.