random quotes

"The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom"

"To be the best, you must be able to handle the worst."

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses."

"Life is trying things to see if they work."

"The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it."

"If you want light to come into your life, you need to stand where it is shining."

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

"Get excited about the possibilities of your life."

“I love being married. It’s great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.”

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

"You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great."

"Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field frozen with snow."

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

"Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere."

"Surround yourself with those who only lift you higher."

"Dreams don’t work unless you do."

"Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world."

"Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow halfhearted success that breeds bitterness all around"

"Don’t limit your challenges. Challenge your limits."

"Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it."

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."

"Success is not in what you have, but who you are."

"Dreams are what keep us going, they are the fuel that keeps us motivated."

"You’re always moving toward what you want, or moving away from what you don’t want."

"The better it gets, the better it gets."

"Small steps in the right direction can turn out to be the biggest step of your life."

“I complain to my mom about everything—except when my eyes hurt. I already know the answer.”

"If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things."

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"

"A winner is a dreamer who never gives up."

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disentrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."

“My husband and I fell in love at first sight. Maybe I should’ve taken a second look.”

"Your attitude determines your direction."

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success."

“When your mom asks, ‘Do you want some advice?’ it’s just a formality. It doesn’t matter if you say yes or no. You’re getting it anyway.”

"All birds find shelter during a rain but eagle avoids rain by flying above the clouds. Problems are common but attitude makes the difference"

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

"Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude."

“My greatest achievement was convincing my wife to marry me.”

"You can't get sick enough to make someone else well. You can't get poor enough to make someone else rich."

"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world."

"To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong"

“I’m tired of following my dreams, man. I’m just going to ask where they’re going and catch up with them later.”

"The only thing you sometimes have control over is your attitude."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love."

"You are the leading edge of your own life experience."

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."

"Don’t wait. The time will never be just right."

"A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."

"Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it."

"Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it."

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."

"The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible."

"Change the world by being yourself."

“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”

"You are joy. Look for your joy. Reach for your joy. Experience your joy."

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong."

"May you live all the days of your life."

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."

"Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."

"Keep calm and carry on."

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."

"For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool"

"The universe is not punishing you or blessing you. The universe is simply responding to the vibrational attitude that you are offering."

"Joy is not in things; it is in us."

"The greatest gift that you could ever give another is your own happiness."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"It is not your job to make something happen - Universal Forces are in place for all of that. Your work is to simply determine what you want."

"Love is like the wind, you can't see it, but you can feel it."

"Love is the only reality, and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation."

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."

"The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."

"Whatever you're thinking about is literally like planning a future event."

"The better you feel, the more you allow."

"You don’t marry someone you can live with, you marry someone you cannot live without."

"As you think thoughts that feel good to you, you will be in harmony with who you really are."

"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."

"Keep going. Everything you need will come to you at the perfect time."

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

"The harder you work, the luckier you get."

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."

"A dream is the touchstone of our character."

"True friends are never apart, maybe in distance but never in heart."

“If life doesn’t laugh at you, tickle it.”

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

"Dream dream dream dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action"

“By working honestly eight hours a day, you may eventually become the boss and work twelve hours a day.”

"A belief is just a thought you keep thinking."

"If you want to shine like a sun first burn like a sun"

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

"Happiness depends upon ourselves."

"Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."

"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."

"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."

"Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together."