Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous, you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
You become what you think about.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
The longer the excuse, the less likely it's the truth.
A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on.
Never say more than is necessary.
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.
Ideas won't keep, something must be done about them.
Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
All or our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. -
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
I am resolved that I will not through my humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean , if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Love is what is left in a relationship after all the selfishness is taken out.
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.
Inspiration and genius -- one and the same.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
Friendship is not born of words alone.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Thank god, it is over, that I have seen it and am able to tell it to the world.
Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.
Fill your hands, you son-of-a-bitch !
Above all to thine own self be true.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
Love the giver more than the gift.
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
Without love our life is a, ship without a rudder, like a body without a soul.
Ilsa, I'm no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of three little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.
Love that is true never grows old.
Love those who love you.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
Security is a kind of death.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight ?
Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
Bad news, compadres, this place is magic as hell.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Submit to love faithfully and it gives a person joy. It intoxicates, it envelops, it isolates. It creates fragrance in the air, ardour from coldness, it beautifies everything around it.
Talkers are no good doers.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day.
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
Without courage, all others virtues lose their meaning.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood ; if they are not, they are not great truths.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Gort ! Klaatu barada nikto !
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
If our thoughts and hopes are elsewhere, it is impossible to set our faces steadily toward the work required of us.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
Change comes from within.
Do it now !
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.