Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
My precious.
He who hesitates is lost.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Life is what you make it.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Every dog has his day.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
I have loved to the point of madness, that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
He who has hope has everything.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
I think it pisses god off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs".
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
We go together, Laurie. I don't know why. Maybe like guns and ammunition go together.
You can do what you want to do.
Live Simply, Laugh Often, Love Deeply.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
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.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Gort ! Klaatu barada nikto !
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
A friend's love says. If you ever need anything, I'll be there. True Love says, you'll never need anything, i'll be there.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless.
There is no education like adversity.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.
The maxim "Nothing but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis".
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
A heart can be broken, but it keeps beating just the same.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
If you build it, he will come.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
You sing-a high.
Warriors, come out to play !
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
All love is sweet, given or returned.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Come back to me in dreams, that I may give pulse for pulse, breath for breath. Speak low, lean low, as long ago, my love, how long ago.
Today... maybe I can take one step on that profoundly complex path to peace.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
I am not sure I should have dared to start , but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone I love.
They're called boobs, Ed.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.