Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
We more frequently fail to face the right problem than fail to solve the problem we face.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in kansas anymore.
Help me ! Help me !
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Kind words conquer.
I ain't so tough.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality, the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
Carpe diem.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
If you build it, he will come.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Every artist was first an amateur.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Use what talent you possess, the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
You can't express every feeling that you have every moment that you have them.
What is life without the radiance of love.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Find the good -- and praise it.
When you shoot a mime, should you use blanks ?
Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged , practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge.
Embrace your inner voice.
Mama says, Stupid is as stupid does.
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
Ideals serve well as our guides. They are like beacons on a journey , they do not permit us to tarry, as though our goal and rest were already contained in them.
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
Here's Johnny !
Procrastination is the thief of time.
You must take personal responsibility. You can not change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Grow deep - not just tall.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb ? Just one, but it requires 21 office visits and 4 X-rays.
Success in the affairs of life often serves to hide one's abilities, whereas adversity frequently gives one an opportunity to discover them.
Love is not love until love's vulnerable.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape !
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Let's go home, Debbie.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Shut up and deal.
Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.
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.
Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
I'll be taking these huggies and whatever cash you got.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
L-I-V-E ! Live ! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.