Famous Quotes




"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day."     - Abraham Lincoln


"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will." -Vince Lombardi

"The best cure for the body is a quiet mind." -Napoleon Bonaparte


"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves." - Dalai Lama



"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." -Mohandas Gandhi


"Action is the real measure of intelligence." - Napoleon Hill



 "The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge 
                                                    but imagination." - Albert Einstein  



"There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder."
                                                                                                        -Ronald Reagan 


"A house divided against itself cannot stand." - Abraham Lincoln



"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed our selves"- Abraham Lincoln

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. "  - Abraham Lincoln

"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."                                            - Abraham Lincoln

                               



"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance." - Abraham Lincoln

"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right".
                                                                                                                               - Abraham Lincoln

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

"The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them."  - Abraham Lincoln

"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next."  - Abraham Lincoln


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


"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." - Dalai Lama


"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." - Dalai Lama


"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day." - Dalai Lama


"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness." - Dalai Lama





"Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life."
                                                                                                              - Dalai Lama




"With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world."     - Dalai Lama


"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them." -Napoleon Bonaparte






"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself."-Napoleon Bonaparte


"Imagination rules the world."-Napoleon Bonaparte


"Let the path be open to talent." -Napoleon Bonaparte



"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows." -Napoleon Bonaparte



"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them." -Napoleon Bonaparte




"The word impossible is not in my dictionary." -Napoleon Bonaparte




"Victory belongs to the most persevering." -Napoleon Bonaparte


"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."
                                                                        -Mohandas Gandhi





"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."
                                                                   -Mohandas Gandhi 


"A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people."       -Mohandas Gandhi


"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well." -Mohandas Gandhi


"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."
                                                                        -Mohandas Gandhi


"Be the change that you want to see in the world." -Mohandas Gandhi


"Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed." 
                                                                     -Mohandas Gandhi



"Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession." -Mohandas Gandhi



"Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances." -Mohandas Gandhi


"God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us."  -Mohandas Gandhi


"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony." -Mohandas Gandhi


"I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace." -Mohandas Gandhi




"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." -Mohandas Gandhi


"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."  -Mohandas Gandhi


"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."   -Mohandas Gandhi


"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart." -Mohandas Gandhi


"Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands."  -Mohandas Gandhi



 
"It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business." -Mohandas Gandhi



"It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. -Mohandas Gandhi




 
 


"Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared". -Mohandas Gandhi
  


"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."  -Mohandas Gandhi


"Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep."         -Mohandas Gandhi



 


"My life is my message."  -Mohandas Gandhi











"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."  -Mohandas Gandhi







"Poverty is the worst form of violence." -Mohandas Gandhi


"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment." -Mohandas Gandhi


"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action."  -Mohandas Gandhi