Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, you can achieve.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Busier than a cat covering up shit on a tile floor!
You become what you think about.
Attitude is everything.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
Censure is often useful, praise often deceitful.
My love for you is a journey, starting at forever, and ending at never.
Teachers have three loves, love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Romance is the fuel that keeps love burning hot.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
Show me the money !
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
Woody, I know what your problem is. You're just like me. Trash !
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Life without love is like a tree. Without blossom and fruit.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
L-I-V-E ! Live ! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds, they mature slowly.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Mr. Allen, this may come as a shock to you, but there are some men who don't end every sentence with a proposition.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
Gort ! Klaatu barada nikto !
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
With my brains and your looks, we could go places.
At every moment during our existence we are all called to be leaders, if for no other purpose than to lead ourselves.
Count your blessings.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
Come back to me in dreams, that I may give pulse for pulse, breath for breath. Speak low, lean low, as long ago, my love, how long ago.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Work is love made manifest.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into !
Every cloud has a silver lining.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
Tonight's weather forecast - dark, with continued darkness until morning.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life , that word is love.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching
One drink's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Reach for the stars.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
What ever you are be a good one.