Quotes from Books

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get busy dying.

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

The function of art is to do more than tell it like it is—it’s to imagine what is possible.

Feminism is for everybody.

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts.

Feminism is for everybody.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

I will spend my heaven doing good on earth.

My way of perfection is to be little.

Love is not about doing great things, but doing small things with great love.

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” – Rumi

The greatest gift you can give yourself is your own happiness.” – Melody Beattie

Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny.” – Melody Beattie

I wanted to be a soldier and fight for my country.

War is hell, and it shows no mercy.

The only thing that matters is the man beside you.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

The market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.

There is no such thing as a perfect trader.

The key to trading success is emotional discipline.

Investors should always take a margin of safety into account when making investment decisions.

The most important thing to do is to avoid being overly influenced by the market's short-term fluctuations.

Value investing is about understanding the fundamentals of a business, rather than following trends.

We stand on the brink of the future, and we have to decide what we want to do with it.

The nursery was a world of imagination, but it turned into a nightmare when we lost control.

There is no such thing as a problem without a solution.

The goal is to make money, and every action must be aligned with that goal.

Your ability to think critically is the most important skill you can develop.

What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

I wanted the whole world or nothing.

We are all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love one another but it doesn’t.

I wanted the whole world or nothing.

Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink.

The purpose of life is to realize God.

You must find the strength inside yourself to make your dreams come true.

The greatest service which can be rendered to any country is to add a useful plant to its agriculture.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

Your Word is your Wand.

What you believe, you will receive.

The game of life is a game of boomerangs.

We are all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn’t.

I know that if I ever have a daughter, I will be sure to tell her that love is a dangerous thing.

What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

True! –nervous –very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?

It is the beating of his hideous heart!

I had so much of my old heart left, as to be at first grieved by this evident dislike on the part of a creature which had once so loved me.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.

I have often said that the most important thing in life is to be true to yourself.

You can’t look at the sky and say you have to be free; you must find the freedom within yourself.

The mind is like a wild monkey, constantly jumping from one thought to another.

When we learn to be mindful, we can experience life more fully.

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but about observing them without attachment.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can control your attitude toward them.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.

Altruism is the best way to ensure your own happiness.

When we give, we receive tenfold.

Kindness is a universal language.

I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.

I can well imagine how much suffering and agony can be contained in a single day.

The only thing worse than a tiger is a tiger with a motive.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.

To know and yet think that one does not know is best; to not know and think that one knows will lead to difficulty.