200+ Powerful Quotes That Will Change Your Life Today

I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am

Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..

If you think your boss is stupid, remember: you wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

Here lies one whose name was writ on water.

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.

The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.

I was born into Bolívar's labyrinth, and so I must believe in the hope of Rabelais' Great Perhaps.

Maybe 'Okay' will be our 'always'...

I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.[Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Prayer Breakfast, February 7 1963]

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.[Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.

Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.