Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Great minds have purposes others have wishes.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity can not survive.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Hard work pays off.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Hey, Bud, lets party !
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Mama, face it. I was the slut of all time.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song !
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect.
You know, maybe I was wrong and luck is like love. You have to go all the way to find it.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
History does nothing , it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
The road to success is always under construction.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Badges ? We ain't got no badges ! We don't need no badges ! I don't have to show you any stinking badges !
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Have you checked the children lately ?
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
You had me at "hello".
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
To know me is to love me.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
The storm also beats on the house that is built on the rock.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
We’re alive! We can make a difference! We can turn this ship in the way we wanna go, man! Towards love, creating a healthy planet for all of us.
Love does not conquer all things, but it does set all things right.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
You were made perfectly to be loved and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
Come, let us make love deathless.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe Ive even loved you before I saw you.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are in
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.