Famous Quotes & Sayings

Elizabeth Taylor

I've always admitted that I'm ruled by my passions.

Elizabeth Taylor

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Elizabeth Taylor

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

Elizabeth Kenny

He who angers you conquers you.

Elias Canetti

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

Elias Canetti

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

B. C. Forbes

Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

B. C. Forbes

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.

B. C. Forbes

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

B. C. Forbes

Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.

ASAP Rocky

[I want to be] Something that really touched you - and as far as image and change goes, I just really want a lot of people to respect my music and treat me... [as] inspiration.

ASAP Rocky

There's just so much out there and so much inspiration... I just want to be tasteful.

Ashleigh Brilliant

Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules.

Ashleigh Brilliant

The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

Ashleigh Brilliant

My life has a superb cast, but I cannot figure out the plot.

Ashleigh Brilliant

At any moment, I could start being a better person...but which moment should I choose?

Ashleigh Brilliant

It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line.

Ashleigh Brilliant

Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.

Ashleigh Brilliant

Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

I believe in an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out.

Arthur Helps

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

Arthur Helps

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.

Arthur Helps

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Apolo Ohno

If you put your mind to something, if you give 100 percent, if you sacrifice, and if you dedicate yourself, anything is truly possible.

Charles Barkley

See, my hope and dream is that people have a good time watching basketball. It's not church. It's not serious.

Charles Barkley

If you're scarde to fail, you don't deserve to be successful.

Alanis Morissette

For the ocean is big and my boat is small. Find the courage.

Alanis Morissette

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY will always be his boss.

Alanis Morissette

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

Blaise Pascal

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Blaise Pascal

What a chimera then is man. What a novelty! What a monster... what a contradiction, what a prodigy

Blaise Pascal

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

Blaise Pascal

All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.