Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Better late than never.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
Don’t run away from things that are unpleasant in order to embrace things that are pleasant. Put your hands in the earth. Face the difficulties and grow new happiness.
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
It is at the edge of a petal that love waits.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
Fortune favors the brave.
Champions are a rare breed. They see beyond the dangers, the risks, the obstacles, and the hardships.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind, the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.
If you aren't going all the way, why go at all ?
The person who says it can not be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it.
Remove failure as an option.
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you !
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
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.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Don't think it, ink it.
The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
If you want to get the best out of a man, you must look for the best that is in him.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Wicked men obey from fear, good men, from love.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Don't let life discourage you , everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
If you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Act or accept.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
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 ?
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
He who has never learned to obey can not be a good commander.
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. quotes
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.
Giving people a little more than they expect is a good way to get back more than you'd expect.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
No wire hangers, ever !
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
I need him like the axe needs the turkey.
Love is a great beautifier.
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
I like to watch.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.
With vision, every person, organization and country can flourish. The Bible says, 'Without vision we perish.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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.
Flowing blood is proof that you're alive, if it's for the sake of those you love