Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.
Love understands all languages.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
Trust men and they will be true to you, treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the light extinguished.
Don't quit.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
O, there is nothing holier, in this life of ours, than the first consciousness of love, the first fluttering of its silken wings.
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.
Examine the opportunities, the challenges you've given yourself.
I have loved to the point of madness, that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
The willow knows what the storm does not that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
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.
Immaturity can last a lifetime.
In all things of nature, there is something of the marvelous.
Honesty is the best image.
Science may have found a cure for most evils , but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.
No one knows what he can do until he tries.
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe Ive even loved you before I saw you.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
How do I love thee ? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.
Let thy words be few.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
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.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him.
Hard work pays off.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
When you shoot a mime, should you use blanks ?
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
The only genuine love worthy of a name is unconditional.
Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it's only human nature.
Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away.
I arise from dreams of thee in the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Hatred paralyzes life, love releases it. Hatred confuses life, love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life, love illumines it.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.
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.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
Stand upon the self, only then can we truly love the world. Take a very high stand, knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
I'm king of the world !
Don't dream it be it.