Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
Love is a little haven of refuge from the world.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
Snakes ! Why did it have to be snakes ?
The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
It's not enough that we do our best, sometimes we have to do what's required.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
Show me the money !
Anything is possible.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
I'm king of the world !
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all ?
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
I'm melting ! Melting ! Oh, what a world ! What a world !
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self, this is to have succeeded.
This too, shall pass.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out.
I make wine at home. I make it out of raisins so that it will be aged automatically.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
There's no such thing as not enough time if you're doing what you want to do.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, Always do what you are afraid to do.
You have not lived until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
Attitude determines altitude.
Life is change, growth is optional. Choose wisely.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination, full of hope.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
Sports serve society by providing vivid examples of excellence.
Whenever I think of the past it just brings back so many memories.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
Think and grow rich.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Would you like to come in ?
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Love is more than a feeling, it's a state of mind.
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
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
I don't know nothin 'bout birthin' babies.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.