Famous Quotes

A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other.

People aren't born strong. people grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations learning not to run from them.

Words that do not match deeds are not important.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

The definition of fascism is The marriage of corporation and state.

Too often character assassination has replaced debate in principle here in Washington. Destroy someone's reputation, and you don't have to talk about what he stands for.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

No thought has any power. You have power. And when you identify and believe in the thought you give power to the thought.

Don't stop when you're tired; stop when you're done.

If you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you'll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.

The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of british rule in India.

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

Life is like a confused teacher...first she gives the test and then teaches the lesson

When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.

In those early centuries of Christianity, Christianity did not go into the world apologizing. It went to slay the powers of darkness and undo the works of the devil, and it lived in holy triumph.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.

You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.

De omnibus dubitandum

Act your age, not your shoe size.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation.

Hillary Clinton is funded by people who murder homosexuals.

No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you are beautiful.

America's greatest crime against the black man was not slavery or lynching, but that he was taught to wear a mask of self-hate and self-doubt.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

You cannot run faster than a bullet.

Good athletes do not know what tiredness is. They do not know what discouragement is. Good athletes only know what victory is.

Instead of past, present and future, I'd prefer chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

I'm here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.

Call me crazy but I imagine a world where we smile when we have low batteries, because that will mean we’re one bar closer to humanity.

Faith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.

Kashmir has always been more than a mere place. It has the quality of an experience, or a state of mind, or perhaps an ideal.

The suspense is terrible. I hope it'll last.

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.

The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.