Famous quotes from thinkers, revolutionaries and influencers of our era.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Never discourage anyonewho continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life , that word is love.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy -- unless you let him.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail ?
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven.
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
We only love truly once. It is the first time and succeeding passions are less uncontrolled.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Experience is the best teacher.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Each day I love you more, today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Here's Johnny !
Friendship is not born of words alone.
The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
Pain itself destroys pain. Suffering itself frees man from suffering.
Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.
A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle
Most people are about as happy as they make up their mind to be.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
The only reason I would take up jogging would be to hear heavy breathing again.
It is love alone that gives worth to all things.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
My biological clock is ticking like this, and the way this case is going, I ain't never getting married !
You are what you think about all day long.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, We did it ourselves.
Let he him who would be moved to convince others, be first moved to convince himself.
Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes, and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel, its poverty by how little.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.
Joy is the feeling of grinning inside.
In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.
How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
Winners never quit and quitters never win !
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Yippie-ki-yay, motherfucker !
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to ; all they need is one reason why they can.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Truly loving another means letting go of all expectations. It means full acceptance, even celebration of another's personhood.
Happy wife, happy life.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
Love is smiling on the inside and out.
Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality in your own mind.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
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
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
Are great things ever done smoothly ? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
You'll find boredom where there is an absence of a good idea.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
He who stops being better stops being good.
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Goodness, what beautiful diamonds !
All progress occurs because people dare to be different
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.