Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.
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Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Our schools and are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Never stop dreaming.
Forget about it.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
Do what you love and the money will follow
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
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One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
I am your number one fan.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I am not a toy, I was made for soups, salads, maybe chili, and then the trash. Freedom !
My heart shall be thy garden.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
Live your dreams.
These go to eleven.
Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
To know me is to love me.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns !
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
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.
Fortune favors the brave.
Here's Johnny !
You're good, you're very good.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.