Famous Quotes & Sayings

M. Scott Peck

Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the making of action in spite of fear.

John Boehner

Spending time with America's soldiers is always inspiring.

Maxine Hong Kingston

The swordswoman and I are not so dissimilar. May my people understand the resemblance soon so that I can return to them. What we have in common are the words at our backs. The idioms for revenge are 'report a crime' and 'report to five families.' The reporting is the vengeance-not the beheading, not the gutting, but the words.

Maya Angelou

The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story...

Maya Angelou

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

Maya Angelou

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

Maurice Ravel

The only love affair I have ever had was with music.

Marilynne Robinson

Fact explains nothing. On the contrary, it is fact that requires explanation.

Marilynne Robinson

There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient

Kirsten Gillibrand

Women asking for raises should not only know their value, but they should ask with the confidence that they're helping the company to be successful.

Kathleen Norris

Spring seems far off, impossible, but it is coming. Already there is dusk instead of darkness at five in the afternoon; already hope is stirring at the edges of the day.

Jenna Elfman

And as a character, what I found very inspiring about playing Dharma, especially at that time, is that the women on television were more neurotic than they were free. And I thought, this is a rare bird and this is unique on television and I think it's really refreshing.

Glenn Beck

I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America.

Giles Andreae

We all can dance when we find music that we love.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there.

Paul Hawken

If they [companies] believe they are in business to serve people, to help solve problems, to use and employ the ingenuity of their workers to improve the lives of people around them by learning from the nature that gives us life, we have a chance.

Joseph Stalin

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

Leonardo DiCaprio

My mother is a walking miracle.

Oscar Wilde

The final mystery is oneself.

Paul Rand

Don't try to be original; just try to be good.

Pascal Lamy

Globalization is incredibly efficient but also so far incredibly unjust.

Padma Lakshmi

All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.

Leah Busque

I wake up every morning and think to myself, 'How far can I push the company forward in the next 24 hours?

Muhammad Yunus

Young people should think in a different way - they should be job givers not job seeker.

Muhammad Ali

It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.

Muhammad Ali

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

Marilyn Monroe

I often wake up in the night, and I like to have something to think about.

Marilyn Monroe

Sometimes I think it would be easier to avoid old age, to die young, but then you'd never complete your life, would you? You'd never wholly know you.

Marilyn Monroe

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

Marilyn Monroe

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

Marilyn Monroe

Naturally, there are times when every woman likes to be flattered... to feel she is the most important thing in someone's world. Only a man can paint this picture.

Marilyn Monroe

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.