Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
You've got to ask yourself one question : Do I feel lucky ? Well, do ya, punk ?
You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
You create your reality.
Without a general an army is lost.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
The best way to predict the future is to create 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.
Love is a decision not an emotion or feeling, that if made from the heart will outlast anything.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
The buck stops here.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there.
I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
Love, the irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
Never talk defeat. Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory.
Bad friends prevent you from having good friends.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
Each person's life is a story that is telling itself in the living.
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.
Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me ? ".
I'd like to make her look a little more attractive. How far can you pull back ?
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Bond. James Bond.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
Good morning, Vietnam !
Hey, Bud, lets party !
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
Life is the first gift, love is the second.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.
The doctor and the pastor ask about your health, but eternity makes you responsible for your condition.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
My father taught me to work ; he did not teach me to love it.
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance each beautiful, unique and too soon gone.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
Shut up and deal.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word fearlessness.
God is subtle but he is not malicious.
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.
The glue that holds all relationships together -- including the relationship between the leader and the led is trust, and trust is based on integrity.
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
If it is your time, love will track you down like a cruise missile.