Quotes by Lawrence of Arabia

The dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.

I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands and wrote my will across the sky in stars.

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.

In my right hand, I carry a sword. In my left hand, I carry a pen. With the sword, I will defend my people. With the pen, I will write their story.

Do not try to do everything. Do one thing well.

The people thirst for progress, and it is our duty to quench that thirst.

Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

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

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

If you want to achieve greatness, stop asking for permission.

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

The best revenge is massive success.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

Success is not just about making money. It’s about making a difference.

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

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