Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
Many of us spend half of our time wishing for things we could have, if we didn't spend half of our time wishing.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Make the second effort your second nature.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
The world is more malleable than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
Our love is here to stay.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
She's my sister ! She's my daughter !
You can do what you want to do.
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
My biological clock is ticking like this, and the way this case is going, I ain't never getting married !
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.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
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.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
We tend to live up to our expectations.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
If you want to reach a goal, you must see the reaching in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.
A woman who is loved always has success.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Love to faults is always blind. Always is to joy inclined, winged, and unconfined. And breaks all chains from every mind.
He who hesitates is lost.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
It's to be expected that you make mistakes when you're breaking new ground.
No involvement, no commitment.
I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
We didn't need dialogue. We had faces.
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Sanctuary !
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Effective people are not problem-minded , they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
Joy is not in things, it is in us.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
An executive is a person who always decides , sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
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.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Well, it's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.