Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
What a dump.
There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us footprints in the sands of time.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves.
Leadership is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good, every action that retards it is evil.
Ever has it been that love knows not it's own depth until the hour of separation.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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.
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you.
Love is when reality is better than your dreams.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Winning isn't everything , it's the only thing.
Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become great.
People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.
You talkin to me ?
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal ; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination, full of hope.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
A healthy outside starts from the inside
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Say hello to my little friend !
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Warriors, come out to play !
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.
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Our love is here to stay.
The broadest, and maybe the most meaningful definition of volunteering - Doing more than you have to because you want to, in a cause you consider good.
Life is the first gift, love is the second.
Never give in -- never, never, never, never.
Only those who do nothing at all make no mistakes but that would be a mistake.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Fortify yourself with contentment, for this is an impregnable fortress.
Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.
The doctor should be opaque to his patients, and like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.
Oh, yeah, woody ! I've known that guy my whole life: Two days.
Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.
I know you are, but what am I ?
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight ?
"Every achiever I have ever met says, 'My life turned around when I began to believe in me.'"
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
For hope is but the dream of those that wake.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
We are what our thoughts have made us, so take care about that you think.
Luck happens when opportunity encounters the prepared mind.
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
All love is sweet, given or returned.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
The art of love, is largely the art of persistence.
Excuse me while I whip this out.
I never had a policy, I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
We'll always have Paris.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.