Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
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You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
I am someone else when I'm with you, someone more like myself.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Remove failure as an option.
if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Before we can forgive one another, we must understand one another
We loved with a love that was more than love.
Truth fears no questions.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
I am fond of only what comes from the heart.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail ?
Union gives strength.
The principles you live by create the world you live in ; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. -
In imagination, there's no limitation.
Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
I'm proud to be around these men. Bunch of bosses right here. Bosses on 3!. 1..2..3 Bosses !
The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Never say die.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part.
Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Its obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
If you would create something, you must be something.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
You must motivate yourself every day.
What comes from the heart, touches the heart.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Common looking people are the best in the world : that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you're still trying, keep it up ! You're right on track.
When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.
Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.