Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa

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To fulfill a dream, it is necessary to forget it, to distract attention from it. That is why to fulfill is to not fulfill.

Romain Rolland

Romain Rolland

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Reason is a harsh sun: it illuminates but blinds.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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It is not enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it and work to achieve it.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Life is meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One should never, under any circumstances, turn one's back on life.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell them 'Certainly, I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Democratic aspiration is not just a recent phase in human history. It is human history.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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It is common sense to choose a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own mind.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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It is tough to fall, but it is worse never to have tried to climb.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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A great democracy must progress or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy.