Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Now all you have to do is hold the chicken, bring me the toast, give me a check for the chicken salad sandwich, and you haven't broken any rules.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
Increase the chances of reaching your goals by working at them gradually. The very best you can do is all that is asked of you.
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
Love is a thing, well, it's kind of like quicksand. The more you are in it, the deeper you sink. And when it hits you, you've just got to fall.
The harder I work, the luckier I get.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
Love is smiling on the inside and out.
I think therefore I am
Love is a verb.
The fastest way to pass your own expectation is to add passion to your labor.
I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum.
Kids don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.
Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable
Let's not confuse hasty decisions with strength or intelligence. It's important to be decisive - after giving consideration that reflects the time you have and what's at stake.
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Something happened to me. It was the sweetest thing that ever could be. It was a fantasy a dream come true, it was the day I met you !
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Sanctuary !
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Winners lose much more often than losers. So if you keep losing but you're still trying, keep it up ! You're right on track.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore !
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Love conquers all things, let us too surrender to love.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
A life without love in it is like a heap of ashes upon a deserted hearth, with the fire dead, the laughter stilled and the light extinguished.
Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken. To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.
You can observe a lot just by watching.
The successful man is the average man, focused.
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.
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.
I arise from dreams of thee in the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
The outer forms of our lives can change in an instant, but the inner reorientation that brings us back into a vital relation to people and activity takes time.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Do not let the reasons for your challenges become the excuses for your failure.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
Whenever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness, and trust-based relationships.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
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.
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results.
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.
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.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Love is friendship set on fire.
Love does not conquer all things, but it does set all things right.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
Be Here Now.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Love is something eternal.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still alive.
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you ?