Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
We all go a little mad sometimes.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.
The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart.
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you ?
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Hey, lady !
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away , and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Platitudes ? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
I'm king of the world !
I'm going to take a bath.
Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.
Anything is possible.
Bad news, compadres, this place is magic as hell.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
Hope springs eternal.
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
They call it a "Royale with Cheese".
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Who so loves believes the impossible.
Love that is true never grows old.
What hump ?
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Challenges come along inevitably. How you respond to them determines who you are - deep down inside - and everything you’re going to be.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
Whatever happens, take responsibility !
Do it now !
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
Honor the ocean of love.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He has to keep on delivering.
Embrace that it's ok to grow.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
What's another word for thesaurus ?
From now on you will never be alone, even when we are separated, and even when death itself parts us, I shall remain with you.
A bold onset is half the battle.
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
if one is unable to assert oneself, one is unable to participate in a genuine relationship.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
If you wanna call me that, smile.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Everyone's life is an object lesson to others.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.