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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“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.”
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“Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.”
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“Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.”
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“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.”
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“People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.”
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“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
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“Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.”
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“Until you make peace with who you are, you will never be content with what you have.”
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“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
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“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.”
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“The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.”
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“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
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“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
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“Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things.”
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“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”
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“Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”
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“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
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“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
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“Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.”
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“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
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“To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”
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“The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.”
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“The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.”
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“There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.”
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“Once you choose hope, anything's possible.”
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“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”
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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
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“Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
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“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”
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“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
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“This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.”
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“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
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“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.”
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“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”
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“All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.”
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“Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.”
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“True friends stab you in the front.”
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“On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, in every rill a sweet instruction flows.”
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“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”
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“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”
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“The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.”
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“Love is the flower you've got to let grow.”
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“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”
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“Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late someday.”
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“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”
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“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.”
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“Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, but they also undermine our health.”
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“Keep yourself to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.”
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“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”