Amazing Things Quotes

• 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.

  Conan O'Brien

  Life, Inspiring, High School Graduation

  "Conan O'Brien's farewell has lasting impact" by Breeanna Hare, www.cnn.com. February 16, 2010.

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• Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it.

  Jonathan Winters

  Kids, Airplane, Thinking

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• The human will is an amazing thing. Time after time, it has triumphed against unbelievable odds.

  Stephen Covey

  Encouragement, Odds, Unbelievable

  Stephen R. Covey (2013). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

  Ray Bradbury

  Thinking Of You, Creativity, Self

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• You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

  Ray Bradbury

  Thinking Of You, Writing, Creativity

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• Things must be felt with the heart.

  Helen Keller

  Long Distance Relationship, Valentine, Heart

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• Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to have anything to say to each other for more than ten minutes at a stretch. The barriers are ancient -- perhaps rooted, as some paleontologist may soon discover, in the contrast between the occasional guttural utterances exchanged in male hunting bands and the extended discussions characteristic of female food-gathering groups.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Women, Hunting, Males

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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• Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God's perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.

  Joel Osteen

  Jesus, Memories, Years

  Joel Osteen (2010). “The Christmas Spirit: Memories of Family, Friends, and Faith”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment.

  Peggy Noonan

  Jobs, Party, Tired

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• My wife totally backs the way I am on stage; that's one of the amazing things about her. I have 120 per cent respect for her when I'm on stage, so there are definitely certain things I would never do.

  Gerard Way

  Wife, Way, Stage

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• It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.

  Debra Winger

  Who You Are

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• I'm proud of the U.S.A. We've done some amazing things. To wear our flag in the Olympics is an honor.

  Shaun White

  Honor, Flags, Done

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  There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

  Jodi Picoult

  Inspirational, Recovery, Dark

  Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.356, Simon and Schuster

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• When you stir up the passion, your faith will allow God to do amazing things. If you want to remain passionate, you cannot let what once was a miracle become ordinary.

  Joel Osteen

  Passion, Miracle, Ordinary

  Joel Osteen (2015). “Daily Readings from You Can, You Will: 90 Devotions to Becoming a Winner”, p.175, Hachette UK

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• Remember, loving them is the powerful foundation for influencing those you want to help. ... As a companion to that love, trust them. In some cases it may seem difficult to trust, but find some way to trust them. The children of Father in Heaven can do amazing things when they feel trusted. Every child of God in mortality chose the Savior’s plan. Trust that given the opportunity, they will do so again.

  Richard G. Scott

  Powerful, Children, Father

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• A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.

  Caitlin Moran

  Shoes, Majority, Magazines

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• One of the amazing things about Spider-Man is that you don’t see skin colour when he’s in the suit. You don’t see any religious beliefs. A hero is a hero, whether you’re a man, woman, gay, lesbian, straight, black, white or red all over ― it doesn’t matter.

  Andrew Garfield

  Religious, Hero, Gay

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• Our bodies are made to nurture and cuddle and all of those amazing things that come along with being a mom.

  Alyssa Milano

  Mom, Body, Made

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• If we get the capabilities, NATO, along with the European Union, can do amazing things.

  George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

  Europe, Unions, Capability

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• If you create a vision for yourself, and stick with it, you can make amazing things happen in your life.

  Pete Carroll

  Vision, Sticks, Ifs

  Pete Carroll, Yogi Roth, Kristoffer A. Garin (2011). “Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion”, p.82, Penguin

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• Imagine that anything is possible, and name the most amazing thing that could happen in 2013.

  Marianne Williamson

  Names, Imagine, Most Amazing

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Dec 27, 2012

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• That's the game of baseball - amazing things happen.

  Mariano Rivera

  Baseball, Games, Happens

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• Think
  of the most amazing thing you could possibly do with your life. Then
  say out loud, 'YES.'

  Marianne Williamson

  Thinking, Most Amazing, Loud

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Jul 10, 2010

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