Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Would you be shocked if I put on something more comfortable ?
Our furniture goes back to louis the fourteenth - unless of course we pay him before then.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
There are simply too many notes.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
Hey, Bud, lets party !
If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Love is my religion, I could die for it.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Love conquers all things, let us too surrender to love.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary listener does not hear. quotes
Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
A ship is safe in harbor, but thats not what ships are for.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
Get busy livin, or get busy dyin'.
You had me at "hello".
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts, of kindness and of love.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
We're on a mission from God.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
In love beggar and king are equal.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, What happened ?
Young love is a flame , very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Where there's life, there's hope.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
I'm the ghost with the most, babe.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life , that word is love.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Don't fear, just live right.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
Life is "trying things to see if they work"
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
What do you feel like doing tonight ?
I know that I will die laughing.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
The cherokee people are not "my people".
The giving of love is an education in itself.
But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
You can do anything you put your mind to.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
I'm here to fight for truth, justice, and the american way.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
Do or do not, there is no try.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
He who conquers himself has won a greater victory than he who conquers a city.
Oh, love is real enough, you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy and that is life.
Live life with passion.
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
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.