Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you do not try.
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatest missions we can undertake.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
I am your father.
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.
All you need is love.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.
Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
There are two kinds of failures. The man who will do nothing he is told, and the man who will do nothing else.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
They call it a "Royale with Cheese".
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Ideas without action are worthless.
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.
Adversity is wont to reveal genius, prosperity to hide it.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Motherhood qualified me to let the child within come out and play.
Action without study is fatal. Study without action is fatal. Mary Beard Actions speak louder than words.
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time , it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression, in order that every man present his views without penalty, there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.
There are no perfect human beings ! My personal judgments are that no perfect human being is possible or even conceivable, but that human beings are far more improvable than most people believe.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
Whatever you are be a good one.
Love is the only rational act.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
The show must go on.
Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
To infinity and beyond !
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
It is seldom indeed that one parts on good terms, because if one were on good terms one would not part.
There is no substitute for hard work.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Love is the emblem of eternity, it confounds all notion of time, effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
The past does not equal the future.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
You know when you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm which is in your power to do and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
I cannot stand little notes on my pillow ! We are all out of cornflakes,
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x ; y is play ; and z is keeping your mouth shut.
I never could have done without the habits of punctuality, order and diligence the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Nurses dispense comfort, compassion, and caring without even a prescription.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Love is more than a feeling, it's a state of mind.
I'm melting ! Melting ! Oh, what a world ! What a world !
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
A wise man makes his own decisions , an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
Realize that you are capable of working miracles of your own making. Remember that opportunities have a reason for knocking on your door, and the right ones are there for the taking.
Every human heart is human.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid.