Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

When Nelson Mandela came into the room, he changed the room.

There can be miracles when you believe.

For every mountain, there is a miracle.

Let's begin creating miracles now.

And every Master has likewise had the same message: What I am, you are. What I can do, you can do. These things, and more, shall you also do.

We want to encourage people. We want to help them. We want them to see all the good things God has placed in them and give them a right future.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

I feel to invite women everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know.

My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one's life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.

You change the world by being yourself.

Great hopes make great men.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don't know anything about.

Sing me a new song; the world is transfigured; all the Heavens are rejoicing.

I'm honored if I can inspire somebody else.

I hope that when people with Down's see me, they will be inspired to do more than they think they can.

Any film that supports the idea that things can be changed is a great film in my eyes.

I think the value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear. I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. That is not the -- I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

Everybody is a star. It's true. And if you've got a light, don't let it go out. 'Cos some people sink under.

I have tried to generate hope and trust as a person.

I'm paving the road for other women and men who know they're destined for greatness, but they don't believe it yet.

It's only a big man who makes you feel big.

My main thing is I just want to share as much hope and happiness as possible for music. If I can share as many moments and help people believe in themselves... if I can do that, then I'll feel like my job is done.

I believe every single woman could accomplish what I've accomplished.