Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
We’re alive! We can make a difference! We can turn this ship in the way we wanna go, man! Towards love, creating a healthy planet for all of us.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
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.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
That love is all there is is all we know of love.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
You're good, but you're going to be great.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
You're so money, and you don't even know it.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
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.
Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
I have noticed that folks are generally about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
You talkin to me ?
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
Okay, but I get to be on top.
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there. Philip Brooks Children are the reward of life.
Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.
I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.
Results ? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results ! If I find ways something won't work, I haven't failed
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Ideas attract money, time, talents, skills, energy and other complementary ideas that will bring them into reality.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Your level of brilliance will determine the size of your opportunities in life.
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Disrespect invites disrespect. Violence incites violence. When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
The calla lilies are in bloom again.
Grow deep - not just tall.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.