Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Why not go out on a limb ? Isn't that where the fruit is ?
We're on a mission from God.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Flacco when asked whether fourth quarter performance defines a quarterback - "I have no idea. If we win the Super Bowl, I guess it will be".
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
Okay, but I get to be on top.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young ?
You know the difference between you and me ? I make this look good.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Kindness is tenderness. Kindness is love, but perhaps greater than loveKindness is good will. Kindness says, I want you to be happy.
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.
This too, shall pass.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Minds are like parachutes, they function only when open.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
May you live all the days of your life.
We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.
Action is the antidote to despair.
The past does not equal the future.
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Live your life and forget your age.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
Hasta la vista, baby. :
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
What's meant to be will always find a way
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Teachers have three loves, love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Love is the whole and more than all.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
Who indeed can harm you if you are committed deeply to doing what is right ?
Every time we open our mouths, men look into our minds.
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude towards us.
They're here !
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
I'll be back.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
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.
Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed. Our love to others, and others love to us.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
I just love when people say I cant do something because all my life people said I wasn't going to make it.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Never, never, never give up.
The best and most beautiful things in this world can not be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.