Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
But I would be proud.
I am someone else when I'm with you, someone more like myself.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
If I had more time, I'd write a shorter speech.
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
I am your father.
We can only learn to love by loving.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
I ain't so tough.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
For Love is Immortality.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
If you don't like something, change it, if you can't change it, change your attitude.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Hey, lady !
Never complain about what you permit.
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
His eyes have made love to me all evening.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
It ain't over till it's over.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
Truth is nobody's property, no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.
Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
We rob banks.
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.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
You're so money, and you don't even know it.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
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 ?
I'd like to make her look a little more attractive. How far can you pull back ?
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
None are homely who smile.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Love is more than a feeling, it's a state of mind.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
The only genuine love worthy of a name is unconditional.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
We must be the change we wish to see.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Don't quit.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
Excuse me while I whip this out.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
If you want to be successful, you have to make sacrifices.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.