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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“Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.”
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“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
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“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”
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“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
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“Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.”
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“A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.”
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“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.”
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“The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.”
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“Independence is happiness.”
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“An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.”
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“Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.”
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“The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.”
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“As you think, so shall you become.”
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“The wisest men follow their own direction.”
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“Speak low, if you speak love.”
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“It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it.”
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“The world is but a canvas to the imagination.”
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“Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.”
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“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
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“Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.”
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“The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.”
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“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.”
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“Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.”
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“Only do what your heart tells you.”
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“Life is so constructed that an event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.”
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“Reality does not conform to the ideal but confirms it.”
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“Error is discipline through which we advance.”
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“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”
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“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.”
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“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.”
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“Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.”
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“Be as you wish to seem.”
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“If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything.”
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“How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress.”
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“A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.”
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“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. The third is to be kind.”
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“A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.”
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“Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.”
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“When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.”
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“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”
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“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
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“Numberless are the worlds wonders, but none more wonderful than man.”
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“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”
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“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.”
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“Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.”
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“I have an everyday religion that works for me. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line.”
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“Whatever we expect with confidence becomes our own self-fulfilling prophecy.”
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“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.”
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“Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.”
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“Practice yourself, for heaven's sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.”