Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
By asking the question " How can I afford it ? " your brain is put to work.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Leadership - The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
We will either find a way or make one.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.
Love those who love you.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
The truth is more important than the facts.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
Above all to thine own self be true.
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.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
They're called boobs, Ed.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
To succeed, you need to take that gut feeling in what you believe and act on it with all of your heart.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Be Here Now.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Success is predictable.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Dreams don't work unless you do.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
They call me Mister Tibbs !
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Talkers are no good doers.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want at the moment.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
You only get out what you put in.
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years, and every little absence is an age.
There may be peace without joy, and joy without peace, but the two combined make happiness
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
I'm going to take a bath.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you help others, the more they will want to help you.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.