It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.
We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men… We are who we are because they were who they were. It’s wise to know where you come from, who called your name.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
He who knows best knows how little he knows.
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea.
As far as playing, I didn’t care who guarded me – red, yellow, black. I just didn’t want a white guy guarding me, because it’s disrespect to my game.
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Not all those who wander are lost.
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success – none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here.
Cricket is not everything, not by any means, but it is a large part of who I am.
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.
Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them.
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight… the truly wise person is colorblind.
Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.
That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
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… burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.
Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.
He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?
Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
It’s easy to forget who you are.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.
I like a man who grins when he fights.
Never trust anyone who wants what you’ve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.
A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.
I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization.
You have to embrace your body, whether it’s curvy or whatever you may be. You have to embrace who you are. Beauty comes from the inside not out.
He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius.
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
I think anybody who is interested in keeping their money safe from the criminal banking system would want gold, silver, and Bitcoin.
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.
Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
One measure of your success will be the degree to which you build up others who work with you. While building up others, you will build up yourself.
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Understand that everybody has their own struggles, regardless of whether you can see it or not. Just surround yourself with the people who love you, and know you’re not really alone.
‘Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile when everything goes dead wrong.
They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn’t want to be broken.
The most beautiful people are those who are truly themselves, and that’s what I want to show my fans.
There are winners, there are losers and there are people who have not yet learned how to win.
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, and I have enjoyed it.
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I owe my success to Allah and my parents who have sacrificed so much to get me where I am.
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn’t hurt anybody’s feelings?
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
I realize that humor isn’t for everyone. It’s only for people who want to have fun, enjoy life, and feel alive.
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles.
Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much larger. Some are villains and others are good guys. But all of them are necessary; otherwise, they wouldn’t be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.
