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Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.

It is only when we die each day to all that is old that there can be the new.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Dale Carnegie

The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Mahatma Gandhi

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tolerance can lead to learning something.

Jakob Dylan

I'll remember you, honey. You're the one that got away.

Hud Bannon, Hud (1963)

An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.

Karl Jaspers

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

Napoleon Hill

We only love truly once. It is the first time and succeeding passions are less uncontrolled.

Du Coeur

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Robert Browning

To my big brother George, the richest man in town !

Harry Bailey, It's Wonderful Life (1946)

The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

Anonymous

Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.

Earl Nightingale

Attica ! Attica !

Sonny Wortzik, Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

If you love someone, set them free.

Sting

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

Roy Disney

Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.

Afghan Proverb

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

Hedy Lamarr

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.

Martha Washington

No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.

Aesop

No one is so poor as an ignorant person.

Hebrew Proverb

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human body, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Thomas Edison

There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.

William B. Given, Jr.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

George S. Patton

When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?

Sydney J. Harris

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.

James Oppenheim

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.

Federico Fellini

There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.

Robert Half

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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.

Bob Klas

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Margaret Thatcher

The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it

Colin Wilson

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

William Arthur Ward

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties can not be great.

Machiavelli

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.

Bruce Barton

Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.

Stephen Packer

Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.

Rollo May

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

Thomas Jefferson

Love to faults is always blind. Always is to joy inclined, winged, and unconfined. And breaks all chains from every mind.

William Blake

You can not plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

Unattributed

There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.

Epictetus

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.

Thomas Edison

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Goethe

Boldness, more boldness, and always boldness !

George Jacques Danton

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Benjamin Franklin

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.

Unknown

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Charles F. Kettering

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".

Brian Tracy

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

Norman Vincent Peale

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.

Colossians 315

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.

Lee Iacocca

Those who laugh - last!!

Karen Kaiser Clark

Romance, like a ghost escapes touching, it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was prose at the time, but it is poetry in the memory.

George William Curtis

Don't quit.

Unknown

Immature love says, I love you because I need you. Mature love says, I need you because I love you.

Erich Fromm

Let's roll.

Todd Beamer

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln

Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest.

Mark Twain

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.

Anonymous

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.

Richard Bach

All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.

Carlos Castaneda

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.

W. R. Inge

The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.

Robert T. Kiyosaki

It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.

John Crowe

What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Napoleon Hill

Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.

William Arthur Ward

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

W. Clement Stone

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.

Robert H. Schuller

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

William James

That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.

David Wooderson, Dazed And Confused (1993)

The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.

Traditional Proverb

Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

Anonymous

'Wake Me When It's Funny'

Gary Marshall

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Mother Teresa

But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.

Thomas Moore

Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Dale Carnegie

Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.

Dale Dauten

That love is all there is is all we know of love.

Emily Dickinson

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.

Sophocles

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Robert Collier

Mama says, Stupid is as stupid does.

Young Forrest Gump, Forrest Gump (1994)

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

It is love alone that gives worth to all things.

Santa Teresa de Jesus

The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.

Swami Vivekananda

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Henry Ford

The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.

Robert T. Kiyosaki

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.

Albert Camus

All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.

Harvey Mackay

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Bible