Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.
Give all to love.
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or catholics.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
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.
I'm king of the world !
You become what you think about.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part.
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
Please-baby-please-baby-please-baby-baby - baby. Please !
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
I arise from dreams of thee in the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Count your blessings.
If I'm ever on a life-support system I choose to be unplugged, but not until Im down to a size eight!
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.
Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
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.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die !
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
I'm an excellent driver.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
You're on the road to success when you realize that failure is only a detour.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Love conquers all.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
Love doesn't make the world go'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
The foundation my parents laid down with our faith continues to be my core.
Things do not change we change.
It is the surmounting of difficulties that make heroes.
Till I loved, I never lived, enough.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
You create your reality.
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
All of us, in the flow of feeling we have pleased, want to do more to please.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
What we can or can not do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
Love means to love that which is unlovable, or it is no virtue at all.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
I am your number one fan.