Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
The very use of the word savage, as it is applied in its general sense, I am inclined to believe is an abuse of the word, and the people to whom it is applied.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Honesty is the best image.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love, of kindness, of understanding, of peace.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible.
One who walks the road with love will never walk the road alone.
You are what you think you are.
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business or in anything else, for that matter.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape !
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
True love never lives happily ever after. True love has no ending.
I'll be back.
Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
No pain, No gain.
My heart is ever at your service.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our freedom !
Inner silence promotes clarity of mind. It makes us value the inner world, it trains us to go inside to the source of peace and inspiration when we are faced with problems and challenges.
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
Everything is created twice -- first mentally, then physically.
Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
He who has hope has everything.
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in kansas anymore.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Be the best that you can be.
You're lit from within, Tracy. You've got fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and holocausts.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
Anything is possible.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
I'll have what she's having.
The best leader brings out the best in those he has stewardship over.
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
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.
Many have encountered and overcome the challenge of homelessness Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people ?
Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
Love isn't decent. Love is glorious and shameless.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Hey, Bud, lets party !
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win.
Average investors are on the outside trying to look into the inside of the company or property they are investing in.
Some say you have to use your five best players, but I found out you win with the five that fit together best as a team
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
I am your father.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
The path to success is to take massive, determined action.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me ? Yet if I am for myself alone, of what good am I ?
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
What the heart gives away is never gone. It is kept in the hearts of others.
There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda and woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.
If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find we have lost the future.
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There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
It is no use saying "we are doing our best". You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
The hero is no braver than the ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.