Famous Quotes & Sayings

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.

Grant Morrison

The only thing that made me, or any of us, special was that no one in the whole of history would ever see the universe exactly the same way any other of us saw it.

George Herbert

There would be no great men if there were no little ones.

George Herbert

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Love is blind, but marriage restores its sight.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

The fruits of philosophy are the important thing, not the philosophy itself. When we ask the time, we don't want to know how watches are made.

Gene Mauch

I'm not the manager because I'm always right, but I'm always right because I'm the manager.

Gene Fowler

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Gary Jennings

Love and time, those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent.

Gary Hamel

You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.

Friedrich Nietzsche

For what purpose humanity is there should not even concern us: why you are here, that you should ask yourself: and if you have no ready answer, then set for yourself goals, high and noble goals, and perish in pursuit of them!

Friedrich Nietzsche

Creation is the great redemption from suffering and all life's growing light. But the creator must be suffering if needed and accept much change.

Jessica Simpson

No matter how much money you spend to make yourself beautiful - with all the products, the diets, the plastic surgery - in the end, women need to fall in love with themselves and realize they're wonderfully made.

Jessica Simpson

Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s.

Jerry Bruckheimer

Anybody who's really successful has doubts.

Jennie Finch

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball.

Jennie Finch

I still think there are some pitches in this pitching arm, so I will continue playing with USA Softball, but knowing that this could be the last time a softball player stands on the Olympic podium and has the opportunity of experiencing this - it was emotional.

Jennifer Aniston

There are no regrets in life, just lessons.