Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert H. Schuller

Tough times never last, but tough people do. You might add, "You're tougher than you give yourself credit for."

Henri Nouwen

Your life is not going to be easy, and it should not be easy. It ought to be hard. It ought to be radical; it ought to be restless; it ought to lead you to places you'd rather not go.

Henri Nouwen

In this crazy world, there's an enormous distinction between good times and bad, between sorrow and joy. But in the eyes of God, they're never separated. Where there is pain, there is healing. Where there is mourning, there is dancing. Where there is poverty, there is the kingdom.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Instruction does much, but encouragement everything." (Letter to A.F. Oeser, Nov. 9, 1768)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting

Harlan Coben

Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

America has a genius for the encouragement of fame.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

I do not know much about Mohammed or Mohammedanism. I do not take the Koran to bed with me every night. But, if I did on some one particular night, there is one sense at least in which I know what I should not find there. I apprehend that I should not find the work abounding in strong encouragements to the worship of idols; that the praises of polytheism would not be loudly sung; that the character of Mohammed would not be subjected to anything resembling hatred and derision; and that the great modern doctrine of the unimportance of religion would not be needlessly emphasised.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Wait and see whether the religion of the Servile State is not in every case what I say: the encouragement of small virtues supporting capitalism, the discouragement of the huge virtues that defy it.

Charles Bukowski

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

Robert Kiyosaki

Often, the more money you make the more money you spend; that's why more money doesn't make you rich - assets make you rich.

Robert Kiyosaki

Skills make you rich, not theories.

Robert Kiyosaki

Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it opens before hitting the ground.

Robert Kiyosaki

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking new ways to solve their problems.

Robert Kiyosaki

Everyone can tell you the risk. An entrepreneur can see the reward.

Douglas Adams

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

Douglas Adams

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Dorothea Brande

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.

Samir Haj

I wanted to get everyone's attention. We need people willing to play and put out the effort.

Jose Andres Puerta

I want e by Jose Andres to be a discovery, to be a journey. I want people to find it and be astonished.

Martin Klebba

The one thing little people don't like is the 'M' word, 'midget.'

A. N. Wilson

The ones that are flagging up the 'no' vote are the ones that haven't suffered in this war, ... And the realism about it is that the people that have suffered in this war are most of the people that are saying 'yes.'

Tom Liston

After every large-scale tragedy 9/11, the tsunami people start scamming these fundraisers. We're just being proactive.

Charlize Theron

After Monster, when I started telling people about this story, some people said 'Oh, you're doing another ugly film'.

Megan Smith

The most important thing is, we really want to make sure the American people are able to get to any Web site they'd like to get to.

Ian Logan

The most important thing is to support work on search and rescue to get those people who are injured, then immediately to look after the people who are homeless.

Roberto Aguire

The most important thing for me is to continue to impact people through my work.