Quotes by Famous Men

Friends are those rare peoplewho ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. Ed Cunningham The future depends on what we do in the present. Mahatma Gandhi Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. George Eliot Think for yourself and let others enjoythe privilege of doing so too. Voltaire If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening skywould be in the palm of my hand. Author Unknown It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. Albert Einstein Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Albert Schweitzer There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential. Rusty Berkus The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. e.e. cummings Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Michael Jordan Love conquers all. Virgil Our real blessings often appear to us in the shapes of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. Joseph Addison The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves,but in our attitude towards them. Antoine de Saint Exupery Fear less, hope more;Whine less, breathe more;Talk less, say more;Hate less, love more;And all good things are yours. Anonymous The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. Moliere When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. Charles A. Beard If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? Stephen Levine A teacher affects eternity;he can never tell where his influence stops. Henry Brooks Adams
You know you've achieved perfection in design,not when you have nothing more to add,but when you have nothing more to take away. Antoine de Saint Exupery Vision: the art of seeing things invisible. Jonathan Swift Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplify, SIMPLIFY. Thoreau Out of clutter, find Simplicity.From discord, find Harmony.In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity. ALBERT EINSTEIN Somewhere there is something incredible waiting to be known. Carl Sagan A weed is no more than a flower in disguise. James Lowell There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a livingat what you love; theres only a scarcity of resolveto make it happen. Wayne Dyer The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao Tzu It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile,a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Leo Buscaglia To see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wildflower,hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. William Blake The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, serenely, divinely aware. Henry Miller Wherever you are, it is your friends who make your world. William James There is no use in trying, said Alice;one cant believe impossible things.I dare say you havent had much practice,said the Queen. When I was your age,I always did it for half an hour a day.Why, sometimes Ive believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Lewis Carroll Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Goethe One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. Nietzsche Dance as though no one is watching you.Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth. Souza Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. Henry David Thoreau You are pure potential. Maat Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. Henry David Thoreau Do what you can with what you have where you are. Theodore Roosevelt You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. ZIGGY
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. Voltaire No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. William Blake Speak when you're angry,and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret. Lawrence J. Peter When I grow up I want to be a little boy. Joseph Heller Appreciation is a wonderful thing;it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. Voltaire Age is of no importanceunless you are a cheese. Billie Burke You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind. Anonymous Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson The worst bankrupt in the world is the person who has lost his enthusiasm. H. W. Arnold Unthankfulness is theft. Martin Luther . . .if we wait for the moment when everything,absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin. Ivan Turgenev Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so. David Grayson I learned that it is the weak who are cruel,and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten We grow great by dreams....Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them. Woodrow Wilson The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. Ralph Waldo Emerson There are no short cuts to any place worth going. Unknown Knowing is not enough;We must apply.Willing is not enough;We must do. Goethe Find the seed at the bottom of your heartand bring forth a flower. Shigenori Kameoka Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich. Sir Thomas Browne He who is devoid of the power to forgiveis devoid of the power to love. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved. Victor Hugo A happy person is not a person in a certainset of circumstances, but rather a personwith a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Downs
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