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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“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose.”
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“To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.”
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“A prudent question is one half of wisdom.”
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“We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.”
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“Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.”
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“The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be.”
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“Minds are like parachutes. They only function when open.”
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“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
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“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
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“Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.”
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“The most complicated achievements of thought are possible without the assistance of consciousness.”
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“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”
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“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”
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“To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.”
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“Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.”
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“Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”
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“Imagination rules the world.”
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“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”
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“Joy is the best makeup.”
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“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
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“A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.”
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“They can conquer who believe they can.”
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“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”
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“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.”
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“Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.”
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“Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.”
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“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception; it is a prevailing attitude.”
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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched... but are felt in the heart.”
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“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
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“What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.”
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“The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.”
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“If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.”
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“Never deny a diagnosis but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.”
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“The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.”
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“A rolling stone gathers no moss.”
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“If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.”
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“Knowing is not enough; we must apply!”
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“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”
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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
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“He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.”
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“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”
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“Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgement.”
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“Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.”
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“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”
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“The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.”
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“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”
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“Nothing diminishes anxiety faster than action.”
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“A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.”