In this post, you will find great Things Quotes from famous people, such as Robin Williams, Thomas Sowell, Eartha Kitt, Alesha Dixon, Plato. You can learn and implement many lessons from these quotes.
Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world.
All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God.
The more often we see the things around us – even the beautiful and wonderful things – the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds – even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.
The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we are, in some ways we’re not. We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.
Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one’s power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it‘ when things are tough.
Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Good order is the foundation of all things.
In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no control over. But the four things we have total control over is how we react, how we adapt, how we breathe, and how we take action.
The whole point of collaboration is that you give and take from each other, and that’s how you create things that are totally new.
Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things – he didn’t just command them to believe.
I don’t believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen to very good people and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But at least if you try to do good things, then you’re spending your time doing something worthwhile.
Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path.
Success, to me, is just doing things that I’m really proud of.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
Looking back is a way to sharpen the focus on the things you want to change in your life. I think there’s something about nostalgia that really puts a fine point on the here-and-now, and that can be incredibly fascinating and interesting and engaging for the mind.
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.
When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.
Don’t make things too complicated. Try to relax, enjoy every moment, get used to everything.
Everyone goes down a road that they’re not supposed to go down. You can do two things from it. You can keep going down that road and go to a dark place. Or you can turn and go up the hill and go to the top – try to go to the top.
The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
Things do not change; we change.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.
Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
I made odd noises as a child. Just did weird things, like turn off light switches twice. I think my parents thought I had Tourette’s syndrome.
People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.
You don’t stop living because bad things happen. You keep going.
The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.
Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.
What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives.
I collect memories. I look for opportunities to try new things, go to new places, and meet new people all the time.
Joy is not in things; it is in us.
Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and say why not.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.
Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
You cannot define a person on just one thing. You can’t just forget all these wonderful and good things that a person has done because one thing didn’t come off the way you thought it should come off.
The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn’t really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that.
Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.
I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.
Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God’s law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it.
Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.
Life is too short to be arguing over some little things.
Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that’s left is The Extraordinary.
Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.
I have no plan. I will leave it to the good things and good times to find me.
You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’
Water is the softest of all things, yet it is the most powerful. The ocean patiently allows all things to flow into it. It is always flexible. The Tao is not about grasping, but allowing, like water.
The unreal is more powerful than the real, because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it, because it’s only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles, wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on.
Sometimes things don’t go your way, but you get up and keep going.
I’m a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won’t.
I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
You can’t know what you don’t know. You can’t know about things you have yet to discover.
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
Don’t give up, no matter how hard it is. Things are going to be tough down the road, but the more work you put in, the more achievement you’re going to get out of it.
I believe that in life, you have to give things your best shot, do your best. You have to focus on what needs to be done, do the right thing, not the popular thing.
Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.
I see great things in baseball. It’s our game – the American game.
Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things.
As you get older, you want less from the world; you just want to experience it. Any barriers to feeling emotions get dismantled. And ordinary things become beautifully poetic.
Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what’s going to happen. It’s one of the most beautiful things in life, but it’s one of the most terrifying. It’s worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Just simple things – I like black and white, monochrome; I like suits.
Cinema is not only about making people dream. It’s about changing things and making people think.
I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.
To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
I have so much chaos in my life, it’s become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they’re wrong.
The way to know life is to love many things.
Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.
Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.
You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.
Things don’t always go your way in football: there are always good and bad times. At the end of the day, you have to have a positive attitude and a strong mentality and not let any setbacks get you down. And that’s what I’ve done – I’ve tried to keep my composure, even when things aren’t going the way I’d like.
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.
Trust the young people; trust this generation‘s innovation. They’re making things, changing innovation every day. And all the consumers are the same: they want new things, they want cheap things, they want good things, they want unique things. If we can create these kind of things for consumers, they will come.
It hasn’t always been easy. There’s a lot of hard moments. Sometimes you learn from the end of the bench. Sometimes you learn from injuries. Sometimes you learn the most through the hard things. If you can keep a good attitude and keep on working, eventually situations change, and you can put those things to use.
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
More information is always better than less. When people know the reason things are happening, even if it’s bad news, they can adjust their expectations and react accordingly. Keeping people in the dark only serves to stir negative emotions.
Flowers are happy things.
Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you’re not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.
If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.
I know I haven’t always done things the right way. I’m just trying to reflect on how to make myself better, how to become a better man, a better father, a better person, a better artist.
People are basically the same the world over. Everybody wants the same things – to be happy, to be healthy, to be at least reasonably prosperous, and to be secure. They want friends, peace of mind, good family relationships, and hope that tomorrow is going to be even better than today.
There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.
Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.
They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.
If we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.
Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.
Life’s complicated and people do things for a lot of reasons.
The most important things in life aren’t things.
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.
Things are never so bad they can’t be made worse.
Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.
The best things in life sometimes happen spontaneously.
The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren’t as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.
Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.
Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they’re doing and saying in films right now just shouldn’t be allowed. There’s no dignity anymore and I think that’s very important.
Difficult things aren’t easy, but they’re worth it.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.
God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!
The older I get, the more I’m conscious of ways very small things can make a change in the world. Tiny little things, but the world is made up of tiny matters, isn’t it?
You don’t do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
A life of anybody is not perfect; there is always things that happen, and that is what makes it interesting.
Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word ‘blue’ in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people.
It’s the little things that count, hundreds of ’em.
Change in all things is sweet.
People first, then money, then things.
I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.
When I read things like the foundations of capitalism are shattering, I’m like, maybe we need that. Maybe we need some time where we’re walking around with a donkey with pots clanging on the sides.
Faith makes all things possible… love makes all things easy.
We’re put here on Earth to learn our own lessons. No one can tell you what your lessons are; it is part of your personal journey to discover them. On these journeys we may be given a lot, or just a little bit, of the things we must grapple with, but never more than we can handle.
I’ve learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I’m looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be.
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
If I could talk to my younger self, I would just say that the path to great things is filled with a lot of stumbles, suffering, and challenges along the way. But if you have the right attitude and know that hard times will pass – and you get up each time – you will reach your destination.
All wealth consists of desirable things; that is, things which satisfy human wants directly or indirectly: but not all desirable things are reckoned as wealth.
Things don’t have to change the world to be important.
There must be a reason why some people can afford to live well. They must have worked for it. I only feel angry when I see waste. When I see people throwing away things that we could use.
I believe that life is hard. That we all are going to walk through things that are hard and challenging, and yet advertising wants us to believe that it’s all easy.
Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.
The good and bad things are what form us as people… change makes us grow.
If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.
You’re never too old to start learning, and you’re never too young to aim high and achieve great things.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Everyone is trying to accomplish something big, not realizing that life is made up of little things.
Life is too short to do the things you don’t love doing.
One of the most important actions, things a leader can do, is to lead by example. If you want everyone else to be passionate, committed, dedicated, and motivated, you go first!
Life is too short and too sweet to complain about the silly things.
If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
The hallmark of successful people is that they are always stretching themselves to learn new things.
The more things you do, the more you can do.
Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.
What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.
Don’t let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don’t like them.
I found that with depression, one of the most important things you could realise is that you’re not alone.
There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
One of the things I was taught in law school is that I’d never be able to think the same again – that being a lawyer is something that’s part of who I am as an individual now.
Good things happen to those who hustle.
If you want special results, you have to feel special things and do special things together. You can speak about spirit, or you can live it.
Whatever you put around yourself, you will be the mirror of it. Surround yourself with things you love.
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
It’s not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It’s because we dare not venture that they are difficult.
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
History isn’t just the story of bad people doing bad things. It’s quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.
I’m the kind of person who doesn’t really focus on more negativity. I’m a positive person, and I look at things in a positive way.
Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
I feel as though, if you’re able to control your dreams, you have more power and control over your mind, like you could reach more areas of your mind. Therefore, I feel like it creates the ability for you to achieve more things in reality.
One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.
I think we judge talent wrong. What do we see as talent? I think I have made the same mistake myself. We judge talent by people’s ability to strike a cricket ball. The sweetness, the timing. That’s the only thing we see as talent. Things like determination, courage, discipline, temperament, these are also talent.
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that sometimes our assumptions and preconceived notions are wrong, and therefore, our interpretation of events is incorrect. This causes us to overreact, to take things personally, or to judge people unfairly.
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
You only get one shot in your life, and you might as well push yourself and try things.
Last year we said, ‘Things can’t go on like this’, and they didn’t, they got worse.
I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best.
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.
I care very much about women and their progress. I didn’t go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed.
Things are beautiful if you love them.
The only real things in life is the unexpected things. Everything else is just an illusion.
We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
I can’t imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles.
See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.
Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.
I wish that the Indians believed me a god, for upon the report of an enemy‘s valor oftentimes depends the success of a battle, and false reports have many times done as great things as true courage and resolution.
I’m proud of my hard work. Working hard won’t always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I’ve wanted that I haven’t always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.
I do believe that when you are a good person, good things will happen to you.
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.
The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.
There’s a lot of things we go through and we don’t even know why… At the end of the day, God has a purpose and a plan for you, and that’s kind of how I take that.
The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.
I’m interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you’re like, ‘Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?’
The more things change, the more they are the same.
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.
I do not love to be printed on every occasion, much less to be dunned and teased by foreigners about mathematical things or to be thought by our own people to be trifling away my time about them when I should be about the king’s business.
Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
The most simple things can bring the most happiness.
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.
Capitalism is against the things that we say we believe in – democracy, freedom of choice, fairness. It’s not about any of those things now. It’s about protecting the wealthy and legalizing greed.
It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.
Be able to delegate, because there are some things that you just can’t do by yourself.
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
The only way you gain mental toughness is to do things you’re not happy doing. If you continue doing things that you’re satisfied and make you happy, you’re not getting stronger. You’re staying where you’re at. Either you’re getting better, or you’re getting worse. You’re not staying the same.
It doesn’t pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he’ll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn’t say.
If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.
Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, and consciousness is the ability to feel things and have subjective experiences.
I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
Attitude and enthusiasm play a big part in my life. I get excited about the things that inspire me. I also believe in laughing and having a good time.
I know I may have done some bad things, but I’m not a bad person.
People just love rumors. They’re always saying things that aren’t true.
Good planning is important. I’ve also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you’re in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you’re depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
I started ‘Outer Banks,’ because there’s so much hype around it. I saw one episode and I didn’t really continue, but I got to keep going at it. Two of the actors on there were also in ‘Stranger Things,’ and all my friends always ask, ‘Oh my God, you know Madelyn Cline. She was in ‘Stranger Things’ too.’
Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
Money and women. They’re two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn’t do for anything else. Same with money.
There’s three things men always talk about – women, sports, and cars.
An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
Look! Don’t be deceived by appearances – men and things are not what they seem. All who are not on the rock are in the sea!
You can’t jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.
You need to aim beyond what you are capable of. You must develop a complete disregard for where your abilities end. Try to do things that you’re incapable of… If you think you’re incapable of running a company, make that your aim… Make your vision of where you want to be a reality. Nothing is impossible.
So many worlds, so much to do, so little done, such things to be.
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
Everyone loves to fly, and flying underwater is even better than flying in air because there are things around you.
Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
I’m interested in two things. I’m interested in truth and I’m interested in fairness.
I really haven’t had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I’d rather tell a story about somebody else.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
One of the things I’ve told men over and over and over and over is if you’re being rejected by all the women that you approach, it’s not the women!
Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.
My mother had a saying: ‘Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.’
We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering, and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.
Being natural is incredibly empowering for women because it’s just who you are. You’re embracing all the beautiful things about you from your head to your toes. Because when you mask so much of your natural beauty, people don’t get to see that.
There’s so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we’re going to get through it. Just be strong.
Human nature is above all things lazy.
Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.
There’s no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there’s no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.
A great restaurant is one that just makes you feel like you’re not sure whether you went out or you came home and confuses you. If it can do both of those things at the same time, you’re hooked.
There are only three things women need in life: food, water, and compliments.
A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.
The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication‘ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Man’s greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
We can’t change the past but we can learn from history and remember the important things – the sacrifices our loved ones made, and the price of our freedom today.
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things – of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires.
Little things can make such a big difference during recording.
A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational, and economic legacies – all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.
I believe life is an intelligent thing: that things aren’t random.
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.
It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.
The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by.
My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.
If you look at it ecologically, deforestation is high on the list of things which bring devastation. You cut down trees to build homes, for fuel, and you end up with no trees left, and you have to move on. If you take the earth as a whole, eventually there’s nowhere to move on to.
