Popular Quotes

"The moment one gives close attention to anything, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself."

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

"The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship."

"The only journey is the one within."

"One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life."

"Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues."

"Yesterdays home runs don't win today's games."

"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves."

"Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe."

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."

"What matters is the value we've created in our lives, the people we've made happy and how much we've grown as people."

"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible."

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever."

"From error to error one discovers the entire truth."

"There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded."

"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear."

"This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him."

"I think somehow we learn who we really are and then live with that decision."

"The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when."

"Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use."

"Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day."