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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.”
Ich bin nicht perfekt. Aber ich werde immer authentisch sein.

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“The first true love is always the last one.”
Die erste wahre Liebe ist immer die letzte.

Andrzej Majewski (1966) Polish writer and photographer

“Breathe. It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.”
Atme durch. Es ist nur ein schlechter Tag, kein schlechtes Leben.

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

“We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.”
Wir haben alle zwei Leben. Das Zweite beginnt, wenn du erkennst, dass du nur eines hast.

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

“The noblest art is that of making others happy”
Die erhabenste Kunst ist die, andere glücklich zu machen.

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

“I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.”
Ich bin ein harter Mann, den man lieben kann, aber wenn ich liebe, liebe ich wirklich hart.

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“Don't live to fight, fight to live.”
Lebe nicht, um zu kämpfen, sondern kämpfe um zu leben. Lebe nicht um zu kämpfen, kämpfe um zu leben

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”

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

“I will not be concerned at other men is not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.”

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

“A lot of people give up just before theyre about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.”

Chuck Norris (1940) American martial artist and actor

“Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.”

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

“The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

“Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.”

Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) English novelist and poet

“The best way out is always through.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

“Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.”

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

“Loss is nothing else but change,and change is Natures delight.”

Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome

“Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.”

Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer

“But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.”

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

“Although there may be tragedy in your life, there's always a possibility to triumph. It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.”

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

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.”

John Marshall (1755–1835) fourth Chief Justice of the United States

“Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.”

Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) 31st President of the United States of America

“The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character.”

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

“Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.”

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

“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“Love and compassion open our own inner life, reducing stress, distrust and loneliness.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“Without some goals and some efforts to reach it, no man can live.”

John Dewey (1859–1952) American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer

“Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.”

Mary Kay Ash (1918–2001) Entrepreneur

“By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, and author

“Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.”

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

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”

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

“Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.”

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach

“Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgement of others.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“If a man does his best, what else is there?”

George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general

“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the worlds problems.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.”

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926–2004) American psychiatrist

“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.”

Hal Abelson (1947) computer scientist

“You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.”

Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American baseball player, manager, coach

“They can do all because they think they can.”

Virgil (-70–-19 BC) Ancient Roman poet

“Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to the path which nature has marked out for him.”

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

“No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.”

Brendan Behan (1923–1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright

“Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.”

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

“See the positive side, the potential, and make an effort.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”

G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English mystery novelist and Christian apologist

“If you have one true friend you have more than your share.”

Thomas Fuller (1608–1661) English churchman and historian

“The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.”

Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman

“All that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable, and bear the intolerable.”

Kathleen Norris (1880–1966) American writer

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“Fortune befriends the bold.”

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

“Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

“Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.”

Salman Rushdie (1947) British Indian novelist and essayist

“If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?”

Joe Namath (1943) American football player

“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.”

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.”

Pat Riley (1945) American basketball player, coach, executive

“Let us revere, let us worship, but erect and open-eyed, the highest, not the lowest; the future, not the past!”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) American feminist, writer, commercial artist, lecturer and social reformer

“One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.”

George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism

“To choose what is difficult all ones days, as if it were easy, that is faith.”

W. H. Auden (1907–1973) Anglo-American poet

“Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.”

Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American baseball player, manager, coach

“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”

Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher

“It is the quality of our work which will please God, not the quantity.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.”

Chanakya (-375–-283 BC) Ancient Indian statesman and philosopher

“What we think, we become.”

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

“Friendship is one of our most treasured relationships, but it isn't codified and celebrated; it's never going to give you a party.”

Hanya Yanagihara (1974) American novelist and travel writer

“Forgiveness is that subtle thread that binds both love and friendship. Without forgiveness, you may not even have a child one day.”

George Foreman (1949) a retired American professional boxer, ordained Baptist minister, author and entrepreneur

“If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have a fresh start any moment you choose.”

Mary Pickford (1892–1979) Canadian-American actress

“The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be.”

William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist

“You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.”

Ravi Zacharias (1946) Indian philosopher

“Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have.”

Ernie Banks (1931–2015) American baseball player and coach

“The most complicated achievements of thought are possible without the assistance of consciousness.”

Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis

“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”

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

“True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”

William Penn (1644–1718) English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”

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

“Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.”

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

“They can conquer who believe they can.”

Virgil (-70–-19 BC) Ancient Roman poet

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.”

Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher

“Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.”

Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) American clergyman and activist

“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.”

Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general

“And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.”

Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States

“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.”

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

“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”

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

“What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.”

Sai Baba of Shirdi (1836–1918) Hindu and muslim saint

“The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile, endure awhile, believe always, and never turn back.”

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

“A rolling stone gathers no moss.”

Publilio Siro Latin writer

“The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.”

Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

“Knowing is not enough; we must apply!”

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

“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.”

Richard Burton (1925–1984) Welsh actor

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”

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

“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm.”

Rowan Williams (1950) Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012)

“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”

Pema Chödron (1936) American philosopher

“The mind is everything. What you think you become.”

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

“When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.”

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

“Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) American novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1879)

“Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.”

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

“An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

“The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.”

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

“Friendship is a very taxing and arduous form of leisure activity.”

Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001) American philosopher and educator

“Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.”

Christopher Reeve (1952–2004) actor, director, producer, screenwriter

“Wisdom begins at the end.”

Daniel Webster (1782–1852) Leading American senator and statesman. January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852. Served as the Secretary of Sta…

“All I can say about life is, Oh God, enjoy it!”

Bob Newhart (1929) American stand-up comedian and actor

“It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it.”

Sam Levenson (1911–1980) American journalist

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”

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

“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.”

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