Famous Quotes & Sayings

Meher Baba

The purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties...

Phil McGraw

Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

Quentin Crisp

What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.

Mother Teresa

Never permit me to disgrace my high vocation by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.

Pearl Bailey

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

Rabindranath Tagore

You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.

Pythagoras

Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.

Madame de Stael

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

Judy Blume

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

Kate Spade

If you're honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.

Langston Hughes

Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.

John Kehoe

Your life is in your hands, to make of it what you choose.

Joy Page

Fear is your greatest obstacle - so question your fear. If it does not serve your greatest life then do not make it your master.

Karl Barth

Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

Mark Spitz

If you are relaxing and subconsciously thinking about your coming race, you are going to perform at just about 100 percent efficiency.

Paul Anka

And now the end is near And so I face the final curtain, My friends, I'll say it clear, I'll state my case of which I'm certain. I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and evr'y highway And more, much more than this, I did it my way.

Leontyne Price

You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era; it should never leave you.

Nhat Hanh

Each moment you are alive is a gem. It needs you to breathe gently for the miracles to be displayed.

Mary Browne

You know you are old when you've lost your marvels.

Mary McCarthy

We are the hero of our own story.

Michael Jackson

The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.

Mehmet Oz

Whatever you choose, do it fully-with passion and childlike enthusiasm.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live.

Oprah Winfrey

The best of times is now.

Oliver Goldsmith

Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.

Mark Twain

He had an uncommon fondness for cats. As an old man summering in New Hampshire, Twain even rented kittens from a nearby farm to keep him company until he returned home. "If man could be crossed with the cat," said Twain, "it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat." There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

Mark Twain

I have spent most of my time worrying about things that have never happened. Worrying is not an action! In fact, it is action that alleviates concern and dissipates worries. Take more actions when you feel that worry is creeping in to steal your time. It need not be a huge action, any action in the direction you want to go will do.

Mark Twain

If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill always came together, who would escape hanging? Framed in a more positive light, this tells us also that if we wish to accomplish a particular thing then we need to increase our level of desire for that thing and to create or seek out the opportunities and right environment for it to happen without fail.

Mark Twain

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that could actually impede progress. Always be on the lookout for the things you did not know, that you did not know. Secondly, work on strengthening personal belief that a particular will be achieved regardless of any adversity that may show up, or evidence to the contrary.

Mark Twain

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. As in the words of Wayne Dyer, when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Sometimes to know with certainty that a particular thing is "true", will actually be the very thing that keeps you from attaining the things you seek to achieve.

Mark Twain

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal of preparation. Ask any successful person how they came to this point in their lives, and they will have a story to tell.

Mark Twain

Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. You cannot eliminate habits that no longer serve you. You can only replace them with new habits that support your goals. Moment by moment, you need to live with awareness and structure the habits that you include or exclude in your days.

Mark Twain

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.