Daily Quote Archives

“Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything.”

“For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.”

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.”

“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.”

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

“We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.”

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

“It is not a question of how well each process works, the question is how well they all work together.”

“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

“The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another.”

“It takes great courage to break with one’s past history and stand alone.”

“We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how to respond to them.”

“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.”

“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”

“It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.”

“To freely bloom — that is my definition of success.”

“It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.”

“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”

“Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.”

“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”

“Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.”

“Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake. Let us use it before it is too late.”

“He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.”

“I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music.”

“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right.”

“Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.”

“Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.”