Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.
Stand as a rock , you are indestructible. You are the Self ( atman ) , the god of the universe.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.
Results come from constantly applying what you know, not just knowing.
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.
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
It's always too soon to quit !
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes. He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
Have you checked the children lately ?
Jane. Tarzan. Jane. Tarzan.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
You can't express every feeling that you have every moment that you have them.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
Love is like the wild rose-briar. Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly ?
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Realize that you are capable of working miracles of your own making. Remember that opportunities have a reason for knocking on your door, and the right ones are there for the taking.
Always do the right thing.
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
Stop makin noises like a husband.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
One man with courage is a majority.
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
They are able because they think they are able.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
The heart does not respond to principles and programs, it seeks not efficiency, but passion.
You must motivate yourself every day.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Sanctuary !
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
Obstacles are great incentives.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Attitude is everything.
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care
Attitudes are contagious. Make yours worth catching.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
My biological clock is ticking like this, and the way this case is going, I ain't never getting married !
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Open the pod bay doors,
Teachers have three loves, love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best ; that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
It's a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best. You very often get it.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
Never seek to tell thy love. Love that never told can be, for the gentle wind does move silently, invisibly.
Love does not conquer all things, but it does set all things right.
Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.