Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
There is no pleasure in life equal to that of the conquest of a vicious habit.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts, of kindness and of love.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Most appreciated after dinner speech - I'll pay the check.
As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to god.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
The wound is the place where the light enters you.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.
No man is wise enough by himself.
Nature never deceives us, it is we who deceive ourselves.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Between this fan and the fancy sunbrella, I'm one 16 inch waist away from Scarlett O'Hara !
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
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 ?
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
You were made perfectly to be loved and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
Only when all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.
It's good to be the king !
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds, they mature slowly.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Romanticism is not just a mode, it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.
On the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never faileth and life never faileth so long as there is love.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor'.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
I'm an excellent driver.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn.
Ideas without action are worthless.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
Help me ! Help me !
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.