Famous Quotes & Sayings

Johannes Brahms

One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen.

Joaquin Miller

In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I do not dare to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.

Eldridge Cleaver

Every highly successful person is a maniac on a mission. Too much agreement kills a chat

Elbert Hubbard

It is only life and love that give love and life.

Eleanor Roosevelt

I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!

Herman Melville

To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell's heart, I stab at thee; For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.

Helen Keller

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind.

Cassandra Clare

I know you feel inhuman, and as if you are set apart, away from life and love, but... I promise you, the right man won't care.

James D. Watson

It's necessary to be slightly underemployed if you are to do something significant.

Jerry Pournelle

The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability.

James C. Collins

Most people will look back and realize they did not have a great life because it's just so easy to settle for a good life.

Gary Numan

I'll be the in to your sane.

Christine Feehan

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

George R. R. Martin

Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.

Jean de La Fontaine

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Gregory Peck

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.

Homer

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Ian Somerhalder

We are all dropped into our lives on this planet with a limited amount of time and cosmic understanding, yet we know one thing for certain: we wish to live. We share this yearning for life and love with all the beings that fly, grow, slither or swim amongst us.

George Bernard Shaw

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

Frederick William Robertson

Every natural longing has its natural satisfaction. If we thirst, God has created liquids to gratify thirst. If we are susceptible of attachment, there are beings to gratify that love. If we thirst for life and love eternal, it is likely that there are an eternal life and an eternal love to satisfy that craving.

Fred Rogers

All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.

Jack Kerouac

Return those shoes to the shoemaker Return this hand to my father This pillow to the pillowmaker Those slippers to the shop. That wainscot to the carpenter, But my mind my tranquil and eternal Mind Return it to whom?

Madeleine L'Engle

We find what we are looking for. If we are looking for life and love and openness and growth, we are likely to find them. If we are looking for witchcraft and evil, we'll likely find them, and we may get taken over by them.

Lucy Larcom

Religion is life inspired by Heavenly Love; and life is something fresh and cheerful and vigorous.

Louisa May Alcott

life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

Pericles

Wait for the wisest of all counselors, Time.

Martin Buber

All real living is meeting.

Pope John Paul II

Take heed all of you who have at heart mankind's future! Take heed men and women of good will! May the temptation to seek revenge give way to the courage to forgive; may the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death; may trust once more give breath to the lives of peoples.

Pierre Corneille

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

Paulo Coelho

I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.

Jim Rohn

A few years ago I lost one of my dearest friends. He died at age 53 - heart attack. David is gone, but he was one of my very special friends. I used to say of David that if I was stuck in a foreign jail somewhere accused unduly and if they would allow me one phone call, I would call David. Why? He would come and get me. That's a friend. Somebody who would come and get you.

Jim Rohn

Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Joel Osteen

Your destiny is too great, your assignment too important, your time too valuable. Don't let fear intimidate you.