Famous Quotes quotes
1090 quotes. Authors include A. A. Milne, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, A. Powell Davies, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Maslow, Aesop, Agatha Christie, Alan Cohen, Alan Watts, Albert Camus, Albert Einstein, Albert Schweitzer, Aldous Huxley, Alexander Chalmers, Alexander Pope, Alexander the Great, Alexis Carrel, Alfred Adler, Alfred Korzybski, Alfred Tennyson, Alice Walker, Ambrose Bierce, Amelia Earhart, Amy Bloom, Amy Poehler, Amy Tan, Anatole France, Anaïs Nin, Andy Rooney, Anne Bradstreet.
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“Yeah, we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.”
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“In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.”
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“The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”
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“Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.”
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“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.”
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“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”
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“A lot of people give up just before theyre about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.”
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“Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.”
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“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
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“If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”
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“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”
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“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.”
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“I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.”
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“He that respects himself is safe from others; he wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.”
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“Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.”
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“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
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“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
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“In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”
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“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
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“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.”
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“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.”
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“The best way out is always through.”
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“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.”
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“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.”
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“Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it goes on flying anyway.”
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“Although there may be tragedy in your life, there's always a possibility to triumph. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”
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“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.”
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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
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“Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.”
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“Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.”
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“Having nothing, nothing can he lose.”
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“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
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“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
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“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”
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“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
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“Love and compassion open our own inner life, reducing stress, distrust and loneliness.”
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“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”
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“Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.”
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“The highest stage in moral culture at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.”
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“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
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“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to do.”
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“To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”
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“Who sows virtue reaps honor.”
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“The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremist pleasure in life.”
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“I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.”
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“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
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“What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.”
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“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”
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“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”
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“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”