Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shakespeare

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

William Shakespeare

A light heart lives long.

William Shakespeare

Let every man be master of his time.

William Shakespeare

I do desire we may be better strangers.

Honore de Balzac

To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.

Evan Esar

Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it.

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

Addison Mizner

God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends.

Adam West

Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.

Adam Lambert

There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.

Adam Lambert

When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.

Adam Garcia

During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ass followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too.

Adam Ant

There is always room at the top, don't let them tell you there is not.

Adam Ant

Achievement results from work realizing ambition.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham Maslow

The key question isn't "What fosters creativity?" But why in God's name isn't everyone creative? Where was the human potential lost? How was it crippled? I think therefore a good question might not be why do people create? But why do people not create or innovate? We have got to abandon that sense of amazement in the face of creativity, as if it were a miracle that anybody created anything.

Abraham Maslow

...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.

Abraham Maslow

Man has his future within him, dynamically alive at this present moment.

Abraham Maslow

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

Abraham Maslow

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

Abraham Maslow

What one can be, one must be!

Abraham Maslow

The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

Abraham Maslow

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

Abraham Lincoln

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

Abraham Lincoln

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Abraham Lincoln

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Abraham Lincoln

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Abraham Lincoln

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Abraham Lincoln

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Abraham Lincoln

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Abraham Lincoln

Life is hard but so very beautiful

Abraham Lincoln

Always remember: Life is for enjoying.