Top 415 Things Quotes

A man’s face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man’s thoughts and aspirations.

I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people’s ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That’s the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.

There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

I like to challenge myself. I like to learn – so I like to try new things and try to keep growing.

I’ll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.

Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose.

There’s a difference between being a comic and a comedian. A comic is a guy who says funny things, and a comedian is a guy who says things funny, and he has a style and point of view that will last much longer.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by.

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

You can’t please everybody. You’d be crazy if you’re trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.

We love things we love what they are.

Don’t let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don’t like them.

I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.

You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can’t just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn’t come off the way you thought it should come off.

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

Facts are stubborn things.

I’m always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

Sometimes things don’t go your way, but you get up and keep going.

The more I learn about things, I realise how wrong I was before.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

The hallmark of successful people is that they are always stretching themselves to learn new things.

If I could talk to my younger self, I would just say that the path to great things is filled with a lot of stumbles, suffering, and challenges along the way. But if you have the right attitude and know that hard times will pass – and you get up each time – you will reach your destination.

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.

The older I get, the more I’m conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn’t it?

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

I do have a childlike enthusiasm at times. I certainly enjoy life and get pleasure sometimes in childish things.

Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher.

It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.

I’ve learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I’m looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be.

Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.

Things are beautiful if you love them.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.

When leaders know how to lead great meetings, there’s less time wasted and less frustration. We have more energy to do the work that matters, realize our full potential, and do great things.

To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.

You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.

As pessimistic as I am about the nature of human beings and our capacity for atrocity and malevolence and betrayal and laziness and inertia, and all those things, I think we can transcend all that and set things straight.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

I know I may have done some bad things, but I’m not a bad person.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

It’s always good to change and keep things fresh, whether it’s a hairstyle or wardrobe.