Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Positive attitudes come in unlimited quantities. Everybody can have one free !
What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.
We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
Give all to love.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.
I don't want to move to a city where the only cultural advantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Our limitations and success will be based most often on our own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
Do, or do not. There is no try.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
I'll have what she's having.
All love that has not friendship for it's base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
One man with courage is a majority.
In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
They can because they think they can.
You had me at hello.
Everybody forgets the basic thing, people are not going to love you unless you love them.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Attica ! Attica !
Be the ball.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
May the Force be with you.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity ; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
Only love interests me, and I am only in contact with things that revolve around love.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society -- outside of a kennel.
Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die !
Believe in yourself.
Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
No matter how big government gets, and no matter how many services it provides, it can never take the place of volunteers.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Love can be understood only from the inside, as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.
One million dollars !
Recognize that transition has a characteristic shape.
In love beggar and king are equal.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
Fill your hands, you son-of-a-bitch !
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
The loving are the daring.
Honor the ocean of love.
The best way out is always through.