Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dalai Lama

Harmony can not thrive in a climate of mistrust, cheating, bullying; mean-spirited competition.

Dalai Lama

If we continue to approach problems from the perspective of temporary expediency, future generations will face tremendous difficulties.

Dalai Lama

I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life.

Dalai Lama

The creatures that inhabit this earth--be they human beings or animals--are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

Dalai Lama

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Dolly Parton

I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.

Dick Fosbury

I didn't train to make the Olympic team until 1968. I simply trained for the moment. I never even imagined I would be an Olympic athlete. It always seemed to evolve.

Desmond Tutu

We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.

Deepak Chopra

Accept what comes to you totally & completely so that you can appreciate it, learn from it & then let it go.

Debbie Meyer

Believe in yourself, not only in swimming, but in life itself. You always have to have fun. You have to have an open mind. If you're not enjoying it, don't do it. Life's too short.

Debi Thomas

What was most important to me at the Olympics was going out there and performing my best. When I messed up the first jump combination, which was my big move, it hit me that I messed up the program of my life.

Debi Thomas

I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal in the Winter Olympics.

Andre Agassi

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

Andre Agassi

Remember this. Hold on to this. This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others. This is the only thing we can do that has any lasting meaning. This is why we're here. To make each other feel safe.

Andrei Tarkovsky

Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to write well you have to forget the grammar.

Chuck Palahniuk

The voice says, maybe you don't go to hell for the things you do. Maybe you go to hell for the things you don't do. The things you don't finish.

Chuck Knox

If you could have won, you should have.

Christopher Nolan

Films are subjective - what you like, what you don't like. But the thing for me that is absolutely unifying is the idea that every time I go to the cinema and pay my money and sit down and watch a film go up on-screen, I want to feel that the people who made that film think it's the best movie in the world, that they poured everything into it and they really love it. Whether or not I agree with what they've done, I want that effort there - I want that sincerity. And when you don't feel it, that's the only time I feel like I'm wasting my time at the movies.

Anson Dorrance

You can never be fit enough for this game.

Andrew Carnegie

TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.

Andrew Carnegie

Any idea that is held in the mind that is either feared or revered will, begin at once to clothe itself in the most convenient and appropriate physical forms available.

Andrew Carnegie

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Andrew Carnegie

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Angela Ruggiero

That's the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey - and know they can win a gold medal, too.

Althea Gibson

I was nervous and confident at the same, nervous about going out there in front of all those people, with so much at stake, and confident that I was going to go out there and win.

Althea Gibson

No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you.

Anita Desai

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.

Clayton Christensen

My conclusion: Management is the most noble of professions if it's practiced well. No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow, take responsibility and be recognized for achievement, and contribute to the success of a team.

Conrad Hilton

Enthusiasm is a vital element toward the individual success of every man or woman.

Clarence Darrow

Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they are meant to serve.

Dan Bouchard

I would rather sleep only five hours and wake up at 5 or 5:30 a.m. and be in control of my time than to sleep later and spend the entire day controlled by time.

David Lloyd George

Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Confucius

Look for an occupation that you like, and you will not need to labor for a single day in your life.