Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
That which does not kill you makes you stronger.
Love is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly it may alight upon you.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Would you like to play a game ?
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
Luck is when opportunity knocks, and you answer.
A martini. Shaken, not stirred.
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.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it and get beyond it.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
If it weren't for graft, you'd get a very low type of people in politics.
I may not be perfect, but some parts of me are excellent.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
My life is my message.
Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
You talkin to me ?
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
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.
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 !
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our freedom !
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
You must motivate yourself every day.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
Bygones are bygones. Life's too short. There's so much more we've all got to do.
The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination, full of hope.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.
Man's love is of man's life a part, it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.
To understand your parents love you must raise children yourself.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
The real leader has no need to lead, he is content to point the way.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Boldness in business is the first, second and third thing.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
Have you checked the children lately ?
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
Dreams are the reality of tomorrow.
Most appreciated after dinner speech - I'll pay the check.
Union gives strength.
I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.
I ain't so tough.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Don't be hard on yourself. Embrace your journey with kindness and patience, recognizing that every step, even the small ones, is a part of your growth.
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 unexamined life is not worth living.
Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well.
We belong dead.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Hope springs eternal.
Ill can he rule the great that cannot reach the small.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Don't dream it be it.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.