Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still - - real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever. How green was my valley then.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
I saw and loved.
The greatest sign of a success for a teacher... is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist."
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Be the best that you can be.
You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
I don't give a shit.
Something happened to me. It was the sweetest thing that ever could be. It was a fantasy a dream come true, it was the day I met you !
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
Ideas... they have the power
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday'', that person can not say, "I choose otherwise''.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
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.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
I am not a toy. I am a spork !
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
Soul meets soul on lover's lips.
What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they are joined, to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
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.
Courage faces fear and thereby masters it.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Goodness, what beautiful diamonds !
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
We are all born for love, it is the principle existence and it's only end.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Love is the emblem of eternity, it confounds all notion of time, effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
Don't water your weeds.
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 person does not hear.
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.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
Love is a many splendered thing.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Never Quit.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Show me the money !
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
Pay your taxes, mind your business and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out of your (bleeping) mouth.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
The loving are the daring.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
I think therefore I am
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
First rule of fight club is, you do not talk about fight Club.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.