Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but anti-political, perhaps the most powerful of all anti-political human forces.
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Ideas... they have the power
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain !
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have the capacity at the beginning.
Believe in yourself.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Our only security is in our ability to change.
The only reason I would take up jogging would be to hear heavy breathing again.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
If you advance confidently in the direction of your dreams and endeavor to leave the life which you have imagined, you will you will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
My biological clock is ticking like this, and the way this case is going, I ain't never getting married !
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
The greater the obstacle the more glory.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
Just because somebody doesn't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
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
Please-baby-please-baby-please-baby-baby - baby. Please !
Be the ball.
There are never enough I Love You's.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
A gentleman can withstand hardships , it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
Live Simply, Laugh Often, Love Deeply.
Chance is the fool's name for fate.
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
Freedom from the known is death, and then you are living.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all ?
Good fortune and bad are equally necessary to man, to fit him to meet the contingencies of this life.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
As my friend, the dear departed Princess Leia, said to me once, take your broken heart, make it into art.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
We will find only what we look for, nothing more and nothing less.
If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.
Union gives strength.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
Work is love made manifest.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you !
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.
Your voice makes me tremble inside and your smile is an invitation for my imagination to go wild.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
We’re alive! We can make a difference! We can turn this ship in the way we wanna go, man! Towards love, creating a healthy planet for all of us.
A strong person and a waterfall always channel their own path.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.
The person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.