Listing down
the 10 quotes that have the power to change anyone’s life-
“Until
one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back– Concerning all
acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance
of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one
definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things
occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of
events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of
unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could
have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do,
begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.”
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I learned this, at least, by my
experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,
and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a
success unexpected in common hours.”
—Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
—Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“Why do they always teach us that it’s
easy and evil to do what we want and that we need discipline to restrain
ourselves? It’s the hardest thing in the world–to do what we want. And it takes
the greatest kind of courage. I mean, what we really want.”
—Ayn Rand
—Ayn Rand
“Be yourself; everyone else is already
taken.”
—Oscar Wilde
—Oscar Wilde
“The only people for me are the mad
ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of
everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace
thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like
spiders across the stars.”
—Jack Kerouac, On the Road
—Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“It is not the critic who counts; not
the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds
could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in
the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives
valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no
effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the
deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in
a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high
achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring
greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who
neither know victory nor defeat.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
—Theodore Roosevelt
“Our deepest fear is not that we are
inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our
light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to
be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure
around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make
manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s
in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our
presence automatically liberates others.”
—Marianne Williamson
—Marianne Williamson
“To laugh often and love much; to win
the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the
approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to
appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave
the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a
redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung
with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have
lived—this is to have succeeded.”
—Bessie Anderson Stanley (frequently misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
—Bessie Anderson Stanley (frequently misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only
thing that ever has.”
—Margaret Mead
—Margaret Mead
“Be the change that you wish to see in
the world.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
—Mahatma Gandhi
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