Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
As a writer, I tell stories and people give me money. Then financial planners tell me stories, and I give them money.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
I don't give a shit.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.
Nobody puts baby in a corner.
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din.
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
All love that has not friendship for it's base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
Love is like the wild rose-briar. Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly ?
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
She's my sister ! She's my daughter !
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.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject so worthy of my attention.
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. And never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant. Bishop
Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against ?
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
You only get out what you put in.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
As my friend, the dear departed Princess Leia, said to me once, take your broken heart, make it into art.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds, they mature slowly.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.
May the Force be with you.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
Romanticism is not just a mode, it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid.
Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
Is it just me or is the grim reaper a straight-up hottie ?
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
Anonymity is your friend. Hmmm.. If someone adds an item to this list without knowing who "Larry" is... Is this still a list of Larryisms?
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
In the eyes of a lover pockmarks are dimples.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in kansas anymore.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
I'm going to take a bath.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool !
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Hey, lady !
Never live in the past but always learn from it.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
No matter where you go, there you are.