Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
O my's like a red, red rose. That's newly sprung in June, O my's like the melodie. That's sweetly play'd in tune.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
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.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
To ask the hard question is simple.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
Love is a hole in the heart.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
I don't know nothin 'bout birthin' babies.
Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really ? True effectiveness requires balance.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
We have got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
You had me at hello.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
If you wanna call me that, smile.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Laughter is the best medicine.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Truth fears no questions.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time, and it annoys the pig
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
No wire hangers, ever !
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
Seduce my mind and you can have my body, find my soul and I'm yours forever.
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
The history of the world is but the biography of great men.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
Have you checked the children lately ?
Without a general an army is lost.
The rare individual who honestly satisfies this heart-hunger ( praise ) will hold people in the palm of his hand, and even the undertaker will be sorry when he dies.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
My love for you is a journey, starting at forever, and ending at never.
Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Love reminds you that nothing else matters.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.