Famous Quotes Page 2

I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

Music must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or, in other words, must never cease to be music.

It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.

A lot of times when you keep it real with somebody, you can't expect them to keep it real with you. In this industry people just want to be famous and they forget how to keep it real and they forget to give credit to the people who helped them get to where they at.

If you can't be famous, at least you can be notorious.

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.

When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

The Sun Stone, the famous Aztec calendar, is unquestionably a perfect summary of science, philosophy, art and religion.

The room is there for the human being - not the human being for the room.

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

Three worldly things have been made dear to me: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and reading the Qur'an.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate.

Action is the dignity of greatness.

Nonsense is nonsense even when spoken by world-famous scientists.

Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you. You haven't done much today.

I want to be famous everywhere.

All too willingly man sees himself as the centre of the universe, as something not belonging to the rest of nature but standing apart as a different and higher being. Many people cling to this error and remain deaf to the wisest command ever given by a sage, the famous "Know thyself" inscribed in the temple of Delphi.

We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

Don't believe everything you hear - even in your own mind.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance.

Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

We are born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Everything in-between is a gift.

The highest test of the civilization of any race is in its willingness to extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world?" To this the famous preacher replied, "With so much soap, why are there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives.

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times.

I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at-bats a season. That means I played 7 years without ever hitting the ball.

People will never forget how you made them feel.

You cannot wait for someone to save you, to help you, to complete you.

No one can complete you. You complete yourself.

There is no must in art because art is free.