Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Make the second effort your second nature.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are !
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Beware what you set your heart upon, for it surely shall be yours.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Each work has to pass through these stages - ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
You really can change the world if you care enough.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
You aren't too bright. I like that in a man.
Love is not selfish.
People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work, and sometimes expend just as much effort and creativity to make your plan fail.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
I love you - those three words have my life in them.
Shut up and deal.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Know thyself.
The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart, the secret anniversaries of the heart.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Submit to love faithfully and it gives a person joy. It intoxicates, it envelops, it isolates. It creates fragrance in the air, ardour from coldness, it beautifies everything around it.
Who, being loved, is poor ?
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Love cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
You are what you think about all day long.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.
The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
You owe it to yourself to find your own unorthodox way of succeeding, or sometimes, just surviving.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
I'm an excellent driver.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
I have learned not to worry about love, but to honor it's coming with all my heart.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
No matter where you go, there you are.
No wire hangers, ever !
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast, a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.
One million dollars !
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.