Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Love is a great beautifier.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
The time to make friends is before you need them.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I just threw your stinking palm tree overboard. Now, what's all this crud about no movie tonight ?
To be a great leader and so always master of the situation, one must of necessity have been a great thinker in action. An eagle was never yet hatched from a goose's egg.
Georgia, love is for the very young.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
Love is not blind. It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.
The main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep, the more I give to thee the more I have for both are infinite.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Warriors, come out to play !
The reduction of the universe to a single being, the expansion of a single being even to God, this is love.
When one door closes another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
And he can make, so say the wise, no claim who makes no sacrifice.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.
Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole ! It's in the hole ! It's in the hole !
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
If we are going to teach 'creation science' as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in kansas anymore.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
Love doesn't make the world go'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
When you can't solve the problem, manage it.
And for an hour, for an hour, I'm the best actress in the world.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
This attachment of love to god is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Girls got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
You always succeed in producing a result.
What the heart gives away is never gone. It is kept in the hearts of others.
The heart that loves is always young.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
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.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Well done is better than well said.
What is life without the radiance of love.