Quotes of famous people

„I'd rather be called a boy and play with paper air-planes than be called a man and play with a girl's heart.“

—  Niall Horan Irish singer and songwriter 1993

Dare to Dream by One Direction, https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/6422638.Niall_Horan

„Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.“

—  John Wooden American basketball coach 1910 - 2010

Variant: Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

„Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.“

—  John Wooden American basketball coach 1910 - 2010

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

„If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.“

—  John Wooden American basketball coach 1910 - 2010

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

„There is nothing stronger than gentleness.“

—  John Wooden American basketball coach 1910 - 2010

Source: Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

„What scientific truth tells you is: what things are. Genuine religious truth tells you: how you should act. These are not the same.“

—  Jordan Peterson Canadian clinical psychologist, cultural critic, and professor of psychology 1962

Concepts

„We require routine and tradition. That’s order. Order can become excessive, and that’s not good, but chaos can swamp us, so we drown—and that is also not good. We need to stay on the straight and narrow path.“

—  Jordan Peterson, book 12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Overture

„World history is the world's court.“

—  Friedrich Schiller German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright 1759 - 1805

Resignation (1786)
Context: Translation: World history is the world's court.

„The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing - and then marry him.“

—  Cher American singer and actress 1946

„We walk the same path, but got on different shoes, live in the same building, but we got different views“

—  Дрейк (певец) Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor 1986

"Right Above It", I Am Not A Human Being, Lil Wayne (2010)
2010s

„Matter is essentially multiplicity and division; and this, be it said in passing, is why all that proceeds from matter can beget only strife and all manner of conflicts between peoples and between individuals. The deeper one sinks into matter, the more the elements of division and opposition gain force and scope; and, on the other hand, the more one rises towards pure spirituality, the nearer one approaches to that unity which can only be fully realized by consciousness of the universal principles.“

—  René Guénon French metaphysician 1886 - 1951

Source: The Crisis of the Modern World (1927), p. 50

„It seems like I'm responsible for every crime that takes place in this country.“

—  Al Capone American gangster 1899 - 1947

„There are no facts inside the building, so get the hell outside.“

—  Steve Blank American businessman 1953

Forbes "Try 'Walking The Path' To Solve Your Startup Problems" http://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2015/10/27/try-walking-the-path-to-solve-your-startup-problems/#6cb0ab3a5c64. October 27, 2015.

„Let us, therefore, not live in the summer‑house of emotion, but in the central citadel of the will, wholly yielded and devoted to the will of God.“

—  Frederick Brotherton Meyer English Baptist pastor and evangelist 1847 - 1929

The Secret of Guidance (1896)

„And if you ever need a friend then you got me And in the end, when I die, would you watch me? And if I try suicide, would you stop me? Would you help me get a grip or would you drop me?“

—  Lil Peep American rapper 1996 - 2017

Song Life is Beautiful, Album: Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 2

„You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.“

—  Alain de Botton Swiss writer 1969

„It seems to me that the free man, i.e., the man freed in Christ, ought to take parts in all movements that aim at human freedom.“

—  Jacques Ellul French sociologist, technology critic, and Christian anarchist 1912 - 1994

Source: The Ethics of Freedom (1973 - 1974), p. 398
Context: It seems to me that the free man, i. e., the man freed in Christ, ought to take parts in all movements that aim at human freedom. He obviously ought to oppose all dictatorship and oppression and all the fatalities which crush man. The Christian cannot bear it that others should be slaves. His great passion in the world ought to be a passion for the liberation of men.

„But Jehovah’s day will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar, but the elements being intensely hot will be dissolved, and earth and the works in it will be exposed.“

—  Saint Peter apostle and first pope -1 - 67 BC

2 Peter 3:10 http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/2-peter/3/, New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

„Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words.“

—  Epictetus philosopher from Ancient Greece 50 - 138

Context: Let silence be your general rule; or say only what is necessary and in few words. We shall, however, when occasion demands, enter into discourse sparingly, avoiding such common topics as gladiators, horse-races, athletes; and the perpetual talk about food and drink. Above all avoid speaking of persons, either in the way of praise or blame, or comparison. If you can, win over the conversation of your company to what it should be by your own. But if you should find yourself cut off without escape among strangers and aliens, be silent. (164).