“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary
Source: Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
Quotes for anniversaries and events
Related topics“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American motivational speaker
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”
Jim Rohn (1930–2009) American motivational speaker
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
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“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
“All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Attributed in The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1866) by Josiah G. Holland, p. 23; also in The Real Life of Abraham Lincoln (1867) by George Alfred Townsend, p. 6; according to Townsend, Lincoln made this remark to his law partner, William Herndon. It is disputed whether this quote refers to Lincoln's natural mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, who died when he was nine years old, or to his stepmother, Sarah Bush (Johnston) Lincoln.
Posthumous attributions
“Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
“There are no problems, only solutions.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"Watching the Wheels"
Lyrics, Double Fantasy (1980)
“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
frequently attributed to Lennon, but entirely unsourced
Disputed
“You see persons and things not as they are but as you are.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
“These are images of what love is about.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
"How Happiness Happpens", p. 61
Awareness (1992)
Context: Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?" Or is it possible for the lamp to say, "I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people"? Or can a tree say, "I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad"? These are images of what love is about.
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
