Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Love is the whole and more than all.
Some people enter our lives and leave almost instantly. Others stay, and forge such an impression on our heart and soul, we are changed forever.
He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.
Oh, yeah, woody ! I've known that guy my whole life: Two days.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Attica ! Attica !
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
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.
Good morning, Vietnam !
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
I want to be alone.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
It's good to be the king !
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
You are what you think about all day long.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Happiness is a state of mind.
No one is so poor as an ignorant person.
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Nothing happens unless first we dream.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
In the eyes of a lover pockmarks are dimples.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
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.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Love is perfect kindness
I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter can not understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
A boy's best friend is his mother.
It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Once in a while, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.
People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
You make me want to be a better man. As good as it gets.
But I would be proud.
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.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.
Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
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.
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.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance, and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Everybody forgets the basic thing, people are not going to love you unless you love them.
Act or accept.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.