Here we have the best Things Quotes from famous authors such as Lawrence Durrell, Pep Guardiola, Thomas Aquinas, Stevie Wonder, Marcus Aurelius. Find the perfect quotation from our collection.
There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.
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.
There are many things that are essential to arriving at true peace of mind, and one of the most important is faith, which cannot be acquired without prayer.
When you think positive, good things happen.
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
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.
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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.
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
You can’t know what you don’t know. You can’t know about things you have yet to discover.
It’s about learning how to slow down… I think this Covid environment that we’re in there’s a lot of sadness and a lot of pressure going on in terms of the uncertainty, but what it is teaching us or forcing us to do is appreciate the small things: be grateful for a slower pace of life.
Small things make me smile.
I never said most of the things I said.
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.
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
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.
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
Nobody can predict the future. You just have to give your all to the relationship you’re in and do your best to take care of your partner, communicate and give them every last drop of love you have. I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad.
Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
The most simple things can bring the most happiness.
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 basically taught myself how to DJ, but I’ve been inspired by DJs throughout my whole career. I have some good friends that would hook us up with music. You learn some little things here and there from each DJ and you just take it and put your own style into to it.
Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
People first, then money, then things.
Nothing makes you feel better than when you get into a hotel bed, and the sheets feel so good. Why shouldn’t you wake up like that every day? Spend money on your mattress and bedding because these things make a difference on your sleep and, ultimately, your happiness.
Things are beautiful if you love them.
Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers – organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative – if we don’t solve these security problems, then people will hold back.
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.
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?’
All things are possible until they are proved impossible – and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.
No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.
Good things happen to those who hustle.
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.
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
Things are not quite so simple always as black and white.
Some things are best left to memories.
One of the best things for a woman to hear is that she is sexy.
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.
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.
Life is too short to be arguing over some little things.
You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren’t true, but you never hear about the positive.
Memories are the best things in life, I think.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
I am always looking forward to learn new things in my life.
If I were to say, ‘God, why me?’ about the bad things, then I should have said, ‘God, why me?’ about the good things that happened in my life.
I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I’m not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person – love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship.
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
God can cause opportunity to find you. He has unexpected blessings where you suddenly meet the right person, or suddenly your health improves, or suddenly you’re able to pay off your house. That’s God shifting things in your favor.
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
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.
Change can be frightening, and the temptation is often to resist it. But change almost always provides opportunities – to learn new things, to rethink tired processes, and to improve the way we work.
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.
When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.
Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.
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.
Success, to me, is just doing things that I’m really proud of.
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.
You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.
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.
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
Flowers are happy things.
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.
I just find myself happy with the simple things. Appreciating the blessings God gave me.
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.
I know I may have done some bad things, but I’m not a bad person.
There are few things more dishonorable than misleading the young.
Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.
Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.
The secret of getting things done is to act!
A man can do all things if he but wills them.
Life is an unfoldment, and the further we travel the more truth we can comprehend. To understand the things that are at our door is the best preparation for understanding those that lie beyond.
Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.
Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
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.
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
I have never, ever focused on the negative of things. I always look at the positive.
I like to challenge myself. I like to learn – so I like to try new things and try to keep growing.
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.
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.
Struggle teaches you a lot of things, and I am happy that I witnessed a roller coaster ride. The journey has improved me as a person and made me more mature.
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
I’m interested in that thing that happens where there’s a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there’s no sign that it’s going to get any better, and that’s the point when people quit. But some don’t.
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
My life has been a blessing. I’m grateful for everything I do have and the places I’m going and the things I’ve seen.
Some men see things as they are, and say why. I dream of things that never were, and say why not.
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.
I’m always trying to prove to my 17-year-old self that I can do creative things I thought weren’t possible.
The good and bad things are what form us as people… change makes us grow.
Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don’t think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.
Intelligence is the ability to solve problems, and consciousness is the ability to feel things and have subjective experiences.
For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
You can’t be brave if you’ve only had wonderful things happen to you.
The more things change, the more they are the same.
Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose.
I’m not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I’m going to say how I feel.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.
I never said half the things I said.
Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.
Everything is a learning lesson, good and bad, so I am happy with the way things are, and I learned from everything negative. I am in a great space now, so I wouldn’t change a thing!
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
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.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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.
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.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
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.
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives.
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?
You only get one shot in your life, and you might as well push yourself and try things.
Cinema is not only about making people dream. It’s about changing things and making people think.
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.
Don’t forget to tell yourself positive things daily! You must love yourself internally to glow externally.
With the right set of mind, with the right people, with the right support, things happen.
I am blessed to have so many great things in my life – family, friends and God. All will be in my thoughts daily.
There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain.
If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things. You’re excited to get up in the morning.
To me, ideology is corrupt; it’s a parasite on religious structures. To be an ideologue is to have all of the terrible things that are associated with religious certainty and none of the utility. If you’re an ideologue, you believe everything that you think. If you’re religious, there’s a mystery left there.
The greatest gift is the ability to forget – to forget the bad things and focus on the good.
I believe in doing the right things; that is my character and personality.
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
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.
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
I’m interested in two things. I’m interested in truth and I’m interested in fairness.
It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.
Life is short, so go for things you enjoy.
You have the ability to choose which way you want to go. You have to believe great things are going to happen in your life. Do everything you can – prepare, pray and achieve – to make it happen.
You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.
Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
You can look in the mirror and find a million things wrong with yourself. Or you can look in the mirror and think, ‘I feel good, I have my health, and I’m so blessed.’ That’s the way I choose to look at it.
One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.
I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.
Four things for success: work and pray, think and believe.
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.
The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.
Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
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.
Things are not going to be easy, things are not going to be fair. Just do your best.
Life is too short to do the things you don’t love doing.
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
The media transforms the great silence of things into its opposite. Formerly constituting a secret, the real now talks constantly. News reports, information, statistics, and surveys are everywhere.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
You can never control injuries. Accidents happen; that’s just how things go.
Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things like a double cheeseburger.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
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.
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Last year we said, ‘Things can’t go on like this’, and they didn’t, they got worse.
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.
I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don’t know we don’t know.
One of the best things that ever happened to me is that I’m a woman. That is the way all females should feel.
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.
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.
The world is full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.
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 goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It’s all funny. Next. Everyone gets so upset about the wrong things.
We have to acknowledge that adolescence is that time of transition where we begin to introduce to children that life isn’t pretty, that there are difficult things, there are hard situations, it’s not fair. Bad things happen to good people.
There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.
Smart people focus on the right things.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
I’ve gotten to travel all over the world and meet all kinds of people and do all kinds of great things, so it’s, like, surreal. It just lets you know how time flies, especially when you’re having fun. It seems like time keeps going by faster as I get older.
Don’t focus on negative things; focus on the positive, and you will flourish.
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
Small things sometimes mean a whole lot!
Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Sometimes things aren’t clear right away. That’s where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.
You can’t jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.
The way to know life is to love many things.
Embrace your differences and the qualities about you that you think are weird. Eventually, they’re going to be the only things separating you from everyone else.
Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.
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.
Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things – he didn’t just command them to believe.
Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.
Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad.
You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don’t enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It’s not the law-abiding citizens, it’s not the person who uses it as a hobby.
If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.
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.
I just owe almost everything to my father and it’s passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election.
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.
Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
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.
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.
I want to be able to look back and say, ‘I’ve done everything I can, and I was successful.’ I don’t want to look back and say I should have done this or that. I’d like to change things for the younger generation of swimmers coming along.
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
One of the nice things about getting older is that you come to understand that you can integrate multiple aspects of your life together. When you’re young, you think everything has to be binary, as that’s exactly how you feel at that age.
Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
I’m an imperfect person. I’ve let anger, jealousy, all the emotions, get the best of me. If I go into books, word by word, little by little, they help re-center and re-ground me and put me on the right path. Life is a journey. I’m very focused on the things I do and have learned not to be pressured.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
Your journey never ends. Life has a way of changing things in incredible ways.
I am not interested in shooting new things – I am interested to see things new.
We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.
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.
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.
I think that everybody needs four things in life. Everybody needs something to do regardless of age. Everybody needs someone to love. Everybody needs something to hope for, and, of course, everybody needs someone to believe in.
From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.
There are more important things in life than winning or losing a game.
Caring – about people, about things, about life – is an act of maturity.
An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
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.
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.
Just knowing you don’t have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn – and those are all good things.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible.
Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
Many big and small things happen in our lives, almost on daily basis, and I hope that everyone would not lose the trust that they have in themselves, and never lose positive attitude.
One things guys have to remember is consistency… You can’t make up for three years of eating poorly in just one workout.
Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.
The more things you do, the more you can do.
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
If you can’t do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.
Foreign languages was the only thing that interested me when I was at school, so playing in another language… it is quite demanding because if it is not your mother tongue, you are missing some connotations and some emotional depth of certain things.
A human being has so many skins inside, covering the depths of the heart. We know so many things, but we don’t know ourselves! Why, thirty or forty skins or hides, as thick and hard as an ox‘s or bear’s, cover the soul. Go into your own ground and learn to know yourself there.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication‘ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
