Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
As a man thinketh in his heart so is he.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
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.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Bad news, compadres, this place is magic as hell.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
Come, let us make love deathless.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
What do you feel like doing tonight ?
The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.
High expectations are the key to everything.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire -- you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
'Wake Me When It's Funny'
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.
There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.
No involvement, no commitment.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Made it, Ma! Top of the world!
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith.
For Love is Immortality.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, then we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
We can help others in the world more by making the most of yourself than in any other way.
The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.
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.
People are where they are because that's exactly where they really want to be. . . whether they'll admit that or not
What's meant to be will always find a way
Our furniture goes back to louis the fourteenth - unless of course we pay him before then.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
When you shoot a mime, should you use blanks ?
The glow of inspiration warms us, it is a holy rapture.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Be the ball.
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
Great and glorious events which dazzle the beholder are represented by politicians as the outcome of grand designs whereas they are usually products of temperaments and passions.
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you find it simply means to follow through.
Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
The stuff that dreams are made of.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
I bet you can squeal like a pig.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss from her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it.