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“I believe that if you focus on what you should do, the road ahead will open up naturally.”

Yuzuru Hanyu (1994) Japanese figure skater (1994-)

“Communication is an essential factor in any type of relationship; friend, romantic, or business.”

Paul J. Alessi (1968) Actor / Producer

“I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“The first true love is always the last one.”

Andrzej Majewski (1966) Polish writer and photographer

“Breathe. It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

“We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.”

Tom Hiddleston (1981) English actor, producer and musical performer

“The noblest art is that of making others happy”

P.T. Barnum (1810–1891) American showman and businessman

“I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“Don't live to fight, fight to live.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“He is able who thinks he is able.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.”

Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015) American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer

“To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as ones own in the midst of abundance.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“If you want to go east, don't go west.”

Ramakrishna (1836–1886) Indian mystic and religious preacher

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.”

Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books

“Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrows good luck.”

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author

“Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.”

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

“To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.”

Wilson Mizner (1876–1933) American writer

“Technology has to be invented or adopted.”

Jared Diamond (1937) American scientist and author

“One today is worth two tomorrows.”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

“Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.”

Plautus (-254–-184 BC) Roman comic playwright of the Old Latin period

“Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.”

William S. Burroughs (1914–1997) American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“The industrial landscape is already littered with remains of once successful companies that could not adapt their strategic vision to altered conditions of competition.”

Ralph Abernathy (1926–1990) American Civil Rights Movement leader

“Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.”

Joyce Brothers (1927–2013) Joyce Brothers

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968) American politician and brother of John F. Kennedy

“I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.”

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.”

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

“The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.”

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American author and poet

“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) United States Supreme Court justice

“In order to win, you must expect to win.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.”

Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) American author and Unitarian clergyman

“The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.”

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …

“By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”

Charles Caleb Colton (1777–1832) British priest and writer

“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)

“Honesty is the best policy.”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

“One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.”

Brooks Adams (1848–1927) American political writer

“Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.”

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

“Imagination is the living power and prime agent of all human perception.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher

“Freedom is the right to live as we wish.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“We lost because we told ourselves we lost.”

Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian writer

“So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Remembering a wrong is like carrying a burden on the mind.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.”

John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America

“Ignorance and bungling with love are better than wisdom and skill without.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.”

John Ruskin (1819–1900) English writer and art critic

“Simply put, you believer that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.”

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

“A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

“A thing well said will be wit in all languages.”

John Dryden (1631–1700) English poet and playwright of the XVIIth century

“Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.”

Satchel Paige (1906–1982) American baseball player and coach; Negro Leagues

“Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”

Will Durant (1885–1981) American historian, philosopher and writer

“The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)

“Don't settle for a relationship that won't let you be yourself.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.”

H. Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British physician, writer, and social reformer

“You can't choose up sides on a round world.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“You win the victory when you yield to friends.”

Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian

“You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.”

Jim Elliot (1927–1956) Martyred Christian missionary to Ecuador

“Whenever you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish physician and author

“Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them.”

Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian

“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.”

A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author

“The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician

“The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“The noblest worship is to make yourself as good and as just as you can.”

Isocrates (-436–-338 BC) ancient greek rhetorician

“I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything hes got.”

Walter Cronkite (1916–2009) American broadcast journalist

“There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”

Aeschylus (-525–-456 BC) ancient Athenian playwright

“The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances.”

Martha Washington (1731–1802) First Lady of the United States

“No garden is without its weeds.”

Thomas Fuller (1608–1661) English churchman and historian

“Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.”

Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist

“Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“A true friend is the most precious of all possessions and the one we take the least thought about acquiring.”

François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) French author of maxims and memoirs

“Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.”

Janis Joplin (1943–1970) American singer and songwriter

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

“No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.”

John Barrymore (1882–1942) American actor of stage, screen and radio

“Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.”

Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) Jewish-American political theorist

“I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

“Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.”

Bodhidharma (483–540) Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk

“Friendship is also about liking a person for their failings, their weakness. It's also about mutual help, not about exploitation.”

Paul Theroux (1941) American travel writer and novelist

“It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.”

Denis Waitley (1933) American writer

“The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.”

Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) French painter

“You teach best what you most need to learn.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

“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.”

Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker

“The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.”

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet

“I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don't just want to possess it, it will find you.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”

Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher

“As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a tool ideally suited to its task. Hammers can be tweaked and varied but will never go obsolete. Even when builders pound nails by the thousand with pneumatic nail guns, every household needs a hammer.”

James Gleick (1954) American author, journalist, and biographer

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.”

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet