Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
You aren't too bright. I like that in a man.
Why should a man be moral ? Because this strengthens his will.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds, they mature slowly.
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never will.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few.
Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
Cross your bridges.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control a firm resolve of a determined soul.
If you ever feel like having a child, go to a restaurant and sit next to one.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
Yo, Adrian !
My parents told me that I could do and be anything I really wanted. I believed them.
All love is sweet, given or returned.
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
A simple I love you means more than money.
Faith can move mountains.
Follow the money.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
Who's on first.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable , and no man is useless while he has a friend.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
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.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
A compliment is like a kiss through a veil.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
Between stimulus and response is our greatest power -- the freedom to choose.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is Love.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
When you work, work, and when you play, play, dont get the two mixed up
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
Every human heart is human.
What you do speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say.
Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.
The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
Nothing endures but change. Heraclitus Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insolvuble problems.
It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them and a lifetime to forget them.
Slow but steady wins the race.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons ! The loons ! They're welcoming us back.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
Don’t run away from things that are unpleasant in order to embrace things that are pleasant. Put your hands in the earth. Face the difficulties and grow new happiness.