Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
As my friend, the dear departed Princess Leia, said to me once, take your broken heart, make it into art.
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow , Learn as if you were to live forever.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
What comes from the heart, touches the heart.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality, the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
You're my Lassie come home.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
Houston, we have a problem.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
Love is friendship set to music
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
The buck stops here.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
I make wine at home. I make it out of raisins so that it will be aged automatically.
The best way out is always through.
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 ?
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
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.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Come forth into the light of things , Let nature be your Teacher.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
The wisest mind has something yet to learn.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
I know that I will die laughing.
Whatever we leave to God, God does and blesses us.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
This is this.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
The heart that loves is always young.
I'm an excellent driver.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
I am someone else when I'm with you, someone more like myself.
Look at that ! Look how she moves. That's just like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motor. I tell you, it's a whole different sex !
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
The worst thing you can try to do is cling to something that is gone, or to recreate it.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
I think we deserve a break.
My biological clock is ticking like this, and the way this case is going, I ain't never getting married !
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.
Love does not conquer all things, but it does set all things right.
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
Be the best that you can be.