Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.
When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.
They're called boobs, Ed.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Obstacles are great incentives.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
The best way out is always through.
Shane ! Shane ! Come back !
Only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
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.
There are never enough I Love You's.
Houston, we have a problem.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
A Crow is known wherever he is met by his beautiful white dress, and his tall and elegant figure. The greater part of the men being six feet high.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow , Learn as if you were to live forever.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Love is a ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses.
We don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.
No pain, No gain.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
Throughout the centuries there have been men who took the first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
I have not failed. I've just found ways that don't work
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
Pay your taxes, mind your business and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of your (bleeping) mouth.
Why don't you go outside and jerk yourself a soda ?
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
I need him like the axe needs the turkey.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Changes in life are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
Stop makin noises like a husband.
No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
One million dollars !
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Don’t run away from things that are unpleasant in order to embrace things that are pleasant. Put your hands in the earth. Face the difficulties and grow new happiness.
There is time for everything.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.