Famous Quotes

People cannot hurt you without your permission.

Whether life grinds a man down or polishes him depends on what he's made of.

Do not let yourself be contaminated by others' ideas of what is best for you. Cast aside the shackles of destructive thinking.

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.

The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.

Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.

You learn something out of everything, and you come to realize more than ever that we're all here for a certain space of time, and, and then it's going to be over, and you better make this count.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet.

My ambition is not only to chronicle but to interpret and reveal the movement of the mind and unfold the sources of India in the profound plane of human nature.

Just build your brand from day one, man. Your brand is your name, basically. A lot of people don't know that they need to build their brand, your brand is what keeps you moving.

I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity.

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

When you walk in a saree, you must kick the pleats. It becomes more comfortable that way.

I never gave up, even when people told me I'd never make it; Never underestimate the heart of a champion.

I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.

Smile and let everyone know that today, you're a lot stronger than you were yesterday.

The heart never knows the colour of the skin

The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.

The truth is: the natural world is changing. And we are totally dependent on that world. It provides our food, water and air. It is the most precious thing we have and we need to defend it.

If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Oh no, honey, I can’t read little things like letters. I read big things like men.

You don't get respect if you don't deserve it.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those around us.

Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.

Ignorance is venomous and it murders the soul, spreading like a virus, running rampant, out of control.

Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name.

Let's be realistic. Let's do the impossible!

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

I am Emperor, my descendants will be numerous. From the second generation to the ten thousandth, my line will not end.

All man are the same except for their belief in their own selves, regardless of what others may think of them

If I could be anything in the world I would want to be a teardrop because I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.

You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.

Language is the tool of the tools

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.

The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

In an effective classroom students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.

Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.

Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us, of which we know nothing.

It's okay not to be perfect. Your imperfections are what make you YOU. And at the end of the day, people like real people, flaws and all. At least I do.