Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.
Advice is seldom welcome , and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons ! The loons ! They're welcoming us back.
No involvement, no commitment.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Somebody stop me !
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
A smile is a light in the window of the soul indicating that the heart is at home.
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
Hey, lady !
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
My heart is ever at your service.
My mother thanks you. My father thanks you. My sister thanks you. And I thank you.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
I don't like your manners.
Learning acquired in youth is an inscription on stone.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
You have enemies ? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.
I'll be taking these huggies and whatever cash you got.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
If you want a do-right woman, you have to be a do-right man
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
Rosebud.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Security is a kind of death.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You only get out what you put in.
This too, shall pass.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here ! This is the war room !
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or catholics.
There is no instinct like that of the heart.
Magic Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all ?
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
I don't know nothin 'bout birthin' babies.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
This is the people's war ! It is our war ! We are the fighters ! Fight it, then ! Fight it with all that is in us, and may god defend the right.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
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.
For with god all things are possible.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
We get to make a living , we give to make a life.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
Dreams don't work unless you do.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
You don't always have to win, but you do need to know what it takes to be a winner.