Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
La-dee-da, la-dee-da.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Well done is better than well said.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
All-righty then !
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually.
It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence , see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence we need silence to be able to touch souls.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
They are able because they think they are able.
My heart shall be thy garden.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Happiness is a choice.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
The most important part of being a leader is maintaining the desire to keep on learning. That means learning about yourself, about your peers, and about the people you serve.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
He who stops being better stops being good.
Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Non !
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Love understands all languages.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Hi, Curly, kill anyone today ?
All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
The best proof of love is trust.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
What is life without the radiance of love.
Girls got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Great men are not always wise.
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Anything is possible.