Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.
The daily grind of hard work gets a person polished.
People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
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.
When our actions do not, our fears make us traitors.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away , and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.
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.
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing, a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished.
For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been' .
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
If we are to have real peace, we must begin with the children.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Strike while the iron is hot.
You always succeed in producing a result.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject so worthy of my attention.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
We’re alive! We can make a difference! We can turn this ship in the way we wanna go, man! Towards love, creating a healthy planet for all of us.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
A kind speech and forgiveness is better than alms followed by injury.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Love is friendship set to music
There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.
Show me the money !
This is this.
Our real problem is not our strength today ; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure strength tomorrow.
Between this fan and the fancy sunbrella, I'm one 16 inch waist away from Scarlett O'Hara !
Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things.
I am your number one fan.
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.
If a profound gulf separates my neighbor's belief from mine, there is always the golden bridge of tolerance.
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.
Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.
I love a good fight.
If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, begin it now.
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
Those who laugh - last!!
I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
He who hesitates is lost.
Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from god. For one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
Perfect love can not be without equality.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Embrace that small things lead to big things.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.
There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader.
The person who will not stand for something will fall for anything.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
It is quite possible to work without results, but never will there be results without work.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Many great ideas go unexecuted, and many great executioners are without ideas. One without the other is worthless.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice.
I'm willing when time permits to honestly express or to open myself to you, to act as a sort of sign pole for a traveler.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade ?
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?