Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
You talkin to me ?
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man.
Actions speak louder than words.
The atmosphere of expectancy is the breeding ground for miracles.
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
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.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Live with passion.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
The road to success is always under construction.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
You can be greater than anything that can happen to you.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lie's man's only promise.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan, you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
This is nothing !
Do not wait for ideal circumstances, they will never come, nor for the best opportunities.
Truth fears no questions.
Love never claims, it ever gives.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Dreams don't work unless you do.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
If I had more time, I'd write a shorter speech.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.
Whatever you are be a good one.
It's just about playing fundamental, physical football and playing a full 60 minutes. And no matter what's going on at the moment, being able to keep the blinders on and keep moving forward.
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
If you love someone, set them free.
Procrastination is opportunities natural assassin.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
If they move, kill ' em.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
A life lived with integrity -- even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
If I am pressed to say why I loved him, I feel it can only be explained by replying. Because it was he, because it was me.
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Bring out the gimp.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.