Popular quotes

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“I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.”

Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer

“But I love your feet
only because they walked
upon the earth and upon
the wind and upon the waters,
until they found me.”

Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet

“When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

“There's no way I could pay you back but my plan is to show you that I understand, you are appreciated”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.”

Hesiod Greek poet

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

Carl R. Rogers (1902–1987) American psychologist

“Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

Max Planck (1858–1947) German theoretical physicist

“Your eyes show the strength of your soul.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”

Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II

“I am not a perfectionist, but still I seek perfection. I am not a great romantic, but yet I yearn 4 affection”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“It's easier to build strong children then repair broken men.”

Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman

“Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress

“You must worship the Self in Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.”

Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu monk and phylosopher

“I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

Rosa Parks (1913–2005) African-American civil rights activist

“I am the Lizard King, I can do anything!”

Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors

“Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”

Andrzej Sapkowski book The Last Wish

“Winning the men's confidence requires much of a commander. He must exercise care and caution, look after his men, live under the same hardships, and—above all— apply self discipline. But once he has their confidence, his men will follow him through hell and high water.”

Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II

“Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.”

Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) German theoretical physicist