Inspirational Sayings

473 sayings found from 473 authors

I was stretched to the limit—nature was screaming in my blood… After that I gave up hope ever of being able to love again.

— Edvard Munch 1892 (diary entry, elaborated later)
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We have achieved total victory.

— Pol Pot 1975
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The physician must be a man of courage, for courage is necessary in the face of death.

— Avicenna (Ibn Sina) 11th century
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We are not asking for the impossible. We are asking for our legitimate rights.

— Yasser Arafat 1988 (approx.)
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We are a nation like all nations, and we have the right to self-determination.

— David Ben-Gurion N/A
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I never would have believed in 1948 that I would live to see a woman prime minister of Israel.

— Golda Meir 1969
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We must keep a clear head. We must not be carried away by success.

— Deng Xiaoping 1980s
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Men readily believe what they wish to be true.

— Julius Caesar 50s BCE
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

— Napoleon Bonaparte
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I hope that Japan will always be a nation that contributes to world peace.

— Emperor Hirohito Post-war
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The destiny of Africa is in the hands of Africans.

— Haile Selassie 1963
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I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.

— Kurt Cobain Unknown
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The strength of a nation is not in its military might but in the unity of its people.

— Kwame Nkrumah Undated
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The purpose of development is man's development, not the development of things.

— Julius Nyerere Undated, likely 1970s
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The Congolese people will overcome all obstacles.

— Patrice Lumumba 1960
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We have said we are now independent and we are masters of our destiny. That is true. But what is more important is our economy.

— Robert Mugabe 1980
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I believe in the power of human reason.

— Mikhail Gorbachev 1990
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We have to be patient. We have to be persistent. We have to be brave.

— Boris Yeltsin 1992
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If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.

— Adolf Hitler Unknown
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I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not a fan of gay marriage.

— Barack Obama 2008
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