Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in kansas anymore.
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
Don't just aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference.
If you ever feel like having a child, go to a restaurant and sit next to one.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
What do they think I am, dumb or something ? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge ! Put together !
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Seize the day.
Tell me your friends, and I'll tell you who you are.
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
There are no gains without pains.
I'm an excellent driver.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
What a dump.
One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
Well done is better than well said.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
Vision doesn't usually come as a lightening bolt. Rather it comes as a slow crystallization of life challenges that we one day recognize as a beautiful diamond with great value to ourselves and others.
Joy is not in things, it is in us.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
Love is the river of life in the world.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
They alone live, who live for others.
If you love someone, set them free.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
Love is a great beautifier.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
They can because they think they can.
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.
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.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
Each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
You talkin to me ?
Honor the ocean of love.
After your jump, the net appears.
Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
The secret of education lies in respecting the student.
We didn't land on plymouth rock. Plymouth rock landed on us !
Union gives strength.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.