Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.
Know thyself.
When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Growth and change are never easy... If it were easy, you would have done it long ago.
Be the best that you can be.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life.
Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
It's not about the money. It's about what you feel you deserve.
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
A boy's best friend is his mother.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
And for an hour, for an hour, I'm the best actress in the world.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Well done is better than well said.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Chance is the fool's name for fate.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
I think it pisses god off when you walk by the color purple in a field and don't notice it.
The only genuine love worthy of a name is unconditional.
The best things in life are free.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
What can be said but not practiced is better not said. What can be practiced but not spoken of is better not done.
Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you have n't truly decided.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
Enjoy each step, for in every moment there is something to learn.
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Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Nothing is more honorable than enlightenment, nothing is more beautiful than virtue.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Be Here Now.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed in relationship.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
We belong dead.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Great minds have purpose, while others just have wishes.
Love doesn't just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
Love is the immortal flow of energy that nourishes, extends and preserves. It's eternal goal is life.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Do you want a leg or a breast ?
Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
You're my Lassie come home.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
Love knows no bounds.
Love is like a blazing flame, golden and full of warmth.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
Love doesn't make the world go'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
You are what you think about all day long.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Defeat is not bitter unless you swallow it.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death !
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
Bad news, compadres, this place is magic as hell.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.