Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, the desire to serve.
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Have you checked the children lately ?
Whatever you need more of is what you need to tithe some. quotes
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
True love never lives happily ever after. True love has no ending.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
Mr. Christian !
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
The only reason I would take up jogging would be to hear heavy breathing again.
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
He who speaks the loudest is the least heard.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
For with god all things are possible.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Submit to love faithfully and it gives a person joy. It intoxicates, it envelops, it isolates. It creates fragrance in the air, ardour from coldness, it beautifies everything around it.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you ?
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
Love is a moment that lasts forever.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will always be able to see farther.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.
For one person to love another, that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the last test and proof, the work for which all else is but preparation.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
Children are all foreigners.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Many hands make light work.
Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air
They're here !
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
Excellence is more fun than mediocrity.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.