Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Build a dream and the dream will build you.
You're as old as you behave.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Congress is the only insane asylum that's run by the inmates.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
The best things in life are not things.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
Happiness is a state of mind.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
Love is more than a feeling, it's a state of mind.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
I'm a bit of a P.T Barnum. I make stars out of everyone.
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
What do they think I am, dumb or something ? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge ! Put together !
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
When you shoot a mime, should you use blanks ?
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
If it matters to you, you will find a way. If it doesn't you will find an excuse
Love is perfect kindness
Fiddle-dee-dee.
Inner silence promotes clarity of mind. It makes us value the inner world, it trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges.
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
People who are afraid to fail can never experience the joys of success.
Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
Life is what you make it.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
You aren't too bright. I like that in a man.
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
Oh, yeah, woody ! I've known that guy my whole life: Two days.
We all go a little mad sometimes.
Love is not selfish.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me ?
Always do the right thing.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Take heed : you do not find what you do not seek.
Rock and roll is the music of America, of youth, of rebellion, and of the common spirit that ties all that together.
Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The stuff that dreams are made of.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
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