I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. Albert Einstein Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast. William Shakespeare If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa All that we are is the result of what we have thought. Buddha The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. Coco Chanel Stay hungry, stay foolish. Steve Jobs The greatest wealth is to live content with little. Plato The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. Bruce Lee A great man is always willing to be little. Ralph Waldo Emerson Don’t count the days, make the days count. Muhammad Ali In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different. Coco Chanel Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. Dalai Lama The root of suffering is attachment. Buddha Well done is better than well said. Benjamin Franklin It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value. Albert Einstein The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi No matter who you are or what you look like, how you started off, or how and who you love, America is a place where you can write your own destiny. Barack Obama Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. Anne Frank Life is a flower of which love is the honey. Victor Hugo Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt Little by little, one travels far. J.R.R. Tolkien It’s not how much you have that makes people look up to you, it’s who you are. Elvis Presley I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. Bruce Lee A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything. Malcolm X You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Marcus Aurelius Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls. Martin Luther King Jr Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. Marilyn Monroe The path to success is to take massive, determined action. Tony Robbins God helps those that help themselves. Benjamin Franklin By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin Keep calm and carry on. Winston Churchill I came, I saw, I conquered. Julius Caesar I think, therefore I am. René Descartes To be, or not to be, that is the question. William Shakespeare That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. Neil Armstrong Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche Family is the most important thing in the world. Diana, Princess of Wales All I was doing was trying to get home from work. Rosa Parks The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. Lao Tzu I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Muhammad Ali Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. Confucius Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. Seneca It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up. Vince Lombardi You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take. Wayne Gretzky Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education. Albert Einstein You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. Mae West Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. Henry David Thoreau Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela Good artists copy, great artists steal. Pablo Picasso Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas A. Edison If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right. Henry Ford Better to die standing than to live on your knees. Ernesto “Che” Guevara Big Brother is watching you. George Orwell One-liners, short famous quotes, thoughts and captions for your bio, social status, self-talk, motto, mantra, signs, posters, wallpapers, backgrounds. Genius is eternal patience. Michelangelo No. Rosa Parks Fear is stupid. So are regrets. Marilyn Monroe Do something worth remembering. Elvis Presley Elegance is refusal. Coco Chanel Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln Puns are the highest form of literature. Alfred Hitchcock A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. Lance Armstrong Get busy living, or get busy dying. Stephen King I’m not afraid of dying, I’m afraid of not trying. Jay-Z Be proud of who you are. Eminem Not all those who wander are lost. J.R.R. Tolkien Better to build a bridge than a wall. Elton John Be the hero of your own story. Joe Rogan The only failure is not to try. George Clooney Nobody can hurt me without my permission. Mahatma Gandhi I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was. Muhammad Ali Winners never quit, and quitters never win. Vince Lombardi Whatever you do, do with all your might. Cicero Man – a being in search of meaning. Plato Your past does not equal your future. Tony Robbins Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt I don’t make music for eyes. I make music for ears. Adele Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci We need fantasy to survive reality. Lady Gaga It’s fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it. Salvador Dali What worries you, masters you. John Locke There is nothing impossible to him who will try. Alexander the Great The future starts today, not tomorrow. Pope John Paul II You are what you believe yourself to be. Paulo Coelho Stumbling is not falling. Malcolm X The best way to predict your future is to create it. Abraham Lincoln Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. John F. Kennedy If not us, who? If not now, when? John F. Kennedy Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America. Barack Obama It is you, the young and fearless at heart, the most diverse and educated generation in our history, who the nation is waiting to follow. Barack Obama Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old. Bill Clinton We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle. Marilyn Monroe For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. Audrey Hepburn I am basically a feminist. I think that women can do anything they decide to do. Grace Kelly Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine. Elvis Presley Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as you can. Hillary Clinton Never doubt yourself. Never change who you are. Don’t care what people think and just go for it. Britney Spears Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off. Kevin Hart Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise. Kobe Bryant I like criticism. It makes you strong. LeBron James We don’t want to tell our dreams. We want to show them. Cristiano Ronaldo Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. Muhammad Ali If people take anything from my music, it should be motivation to know that anything is possible as long as you keep working at it and don’t back down. Eminem Creativity is intelligence having fun. Albert Einstein I just don’t want to be hampered by my own limitations. Barbra Streisand Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. James Baldwin Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do. Denzel Washington Power is not given to you. You have to take it. Beyonce I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. Rosa Parks The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Nelson Mandela If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. Sigmund Freud Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness. Ayn Rand You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down. Charlie Chaplin I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact. Elon Musk I don’t care what you think of me. I don’t think of you at all. Coco Chanel No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. Abraham Lincoln If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck. Elvis Presley Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. Oprah Winfrey Fame is like caviar, you know — it’s good to have caviar but not when you have it at every meal. Marilyn Monroe I don’t have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit. Elizabeth Taylor Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand. Kurt Vonnegut If you can’t convince them, confuse them. Harry S. Truman I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter. Blaise Pascal Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Oscar Wilde Always roll up the sleeves on your shirt. It gives the impression that you’re working, even if you’re not. Ashton Kutcher The scruffier your beard, the sharper you need to dress. Ashton Kutcher The best things in life are free. The second best things are very expensive. Coco Chanel I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven. Barbra Streisand Being president is like running a cemetery: you’ve got a lot of people under you and nobody’s listening. Bill Clinton We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. Benjamin Franklin I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. Edgar Allan Poe You laugh at me because I’m different I laugh at you because you’re all the same. Lady Gaga If you don’t have any shadows you’re not in the light. Lady Gaga Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. Confucius Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. Bruce Lee Often it isn’t the mountains ahead that wear you out, it’s the little pebble in your shoe. Muhammad Ali Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain’t goin’ away. Elvis Presley No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they’re pretty, even if they aren’t. Marilyn Monroe It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. Julius Caesar Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. Søren Kierkegaard Your love makes me strong. Your hate makes me unstoppable. Cristiano Ronaldo The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. Mark Twain The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. Oprah Winfrey Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful. Sophia Loren A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of the sheep. Lionel Messi My ruthless desire to win at all costs served me well on the bike but the level it went to, for whatever reason, is a flaw. That desire, that attitude, that arrogance. Lance Armstrong I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against. Malcolm X I never thought of myself as being handsome or good-looking or whatever. I always felt like an outsider. Elton John Behind every successful person lies a pack of haters. Eminem Hurt me with the truth. Don’t comfort me with a lie. Rihanna It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart. Al Pacino Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. John F. Kennedy It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter) Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground. Rosa Parks The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. Gloria Steinem Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do. Voltaire Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Jean-Jacques Rousseau It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato We must use time as a tool, not as a couch. John F. Kennedy Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance. Coco Chanel Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. C.S. Lewis The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. Stephen King You should never take more than you give. Elton John Take a long pause …breathe and know that things are happening for you not to you. Ashton Kutcher It’s nice to be important, but it’s also important to be nice. Never forget that. Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) You never really learn much from hearing yourself speak. George Clooney Doubt can motivate you, so don’t be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out. Barbra Streisand Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you. George R.R. Martin A wise man can play the part of a clown, but a clown can’t play the part of a wise man. Malcolm X Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Bruce Lee I don’t care that they stole my idea… I care that they don’t have any of their own. Nikola Tesla A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things. Isaac Newton To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. Nicolaus Copernicus There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter Drucker People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power. Bill Clinton Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. Voltaire Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. Immanuel Kant