Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
Changes in life are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Follow your dreams.
For one person to love another, that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the last test and proof, the work for which all else is but preparation.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character
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.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
We don't have to take our clothes off to have a good time
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
I know that I will die laughing.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Love sees roses without thorns.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Look at every situation as if you were in the future and you were looking back on it.
Snap out of it !
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
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.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
I want to be alone.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
Our first journey is to find that special place for us.
Words do two major things : They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
If you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
You sing-a high.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
We're on a mission from God.
I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
You may be on the right track, but if you just sit there you'll get run over.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Love as much as you can from wherever you are.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
Love is letting go of fear.
Bitterness imprisons life, love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life, love empowers it. Bitterness sours life, love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life, love heals it. Bitterness blinds life, love anoints it's eyes.
Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives : where we focus our attention.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
I love thee, I love but thee with a love that shall not die till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
There is time for everything.
First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Do not let the reasons for your challenges become the excuses for your failure.
Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe , He still remember'd that he once was young.
Live Well... Laugh Often... Love Much.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
My mission was to take the invisible, the unloved and make them the heroes.
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
That love is all there is is all we know of love.
Reach for the stars.
Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
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.
Pay the farmer or pay the hospital.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.