Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
Love knows no bounds.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.
Houston, we have a problem.
Do you think that there is a word that contains all of the vowels? Unquestionably.
Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
I don't like your manners.
I have seen too much of the vanity of human affairs, to expect felicity from the splendid scenes of public life.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Love is like a blazing flame, golden and full of warmth.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Immature love says, I love you because I need you. Mature love says, I need you because I love you.
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Never, never, never give up.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
Hard work pays off.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
Our life is what our thoughts make it.
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
How do I look ?
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
A woman who is loved always has success.
Well done is better than well said.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Old love does not rust.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Hasta la vista, baby. :
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
A good general not only sees the way to victory , he also knows when victory is impossible.
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Title of newspaper article yesterday - Vandals made off with all toilet seats in the local precinct. Police have nothing to go on.
Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Love is like swallowing hot chocolate, before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
I can't believe it. Right here where we live -- right here in St. Louis.
Success is a journey not a destination.
For myself, I am an optimist -- it does not seem to be much use being anything else.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.