Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Where can we go to find god if we cannot see him in our own hearts and in every living being.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
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.
We're on a mission from God.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Let's just go and win a (bleeping) game.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
Man's love is of man's life a part, it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
You're tearing me apart !
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Pay no attention to what the critics say , no statue has ever been erected to a critic.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
Eddie, you're a born loser.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
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.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
Desire, ignorance, and inequality, this is the trinity of bondage.
Do you want a leg or a breast ?
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
Act or accept.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
Stop makin noises like a husband.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
It's like, I became such a good person, I almost forgot... I'm a world class liar, baby !
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
You will never find time for anything. You must make it.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
Never Quit.
Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
Without a general an army is lost.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
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.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Our love is here to stay.
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
If a man does his best, what else is there ?
Consider the little mouse how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts his life to one whole only
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons ! The loons ! They're welcoming us back.
What is life without the radiance of love.
You are the handicap you must face. You are the one who must choose your place. You can make goals for family, relationships, anything.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Whatever you are be a good one.
Well, nobody's perfect.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
What we've got here is failure to communicate.
Each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
Vision doesn't usually come as a lightening bolt. Rather it comes as a slow crystallization of life challenges that we one day recognize as a beautiful diamond with great value to ourselves and others.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.