Charlie Chaplin on courage
Charlie Chaplin98 quotes“Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.”
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Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin In all truth there is the seed of falsehood.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin That is all there is in life – beauty. You find that and you have found everything.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin By simple common sense I don’t believe in God, in none.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin In the end, everything is a gag.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin Machinery should be a blessing to mankind and not a curse.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin Patriotism is too deep a feeling to depict in the posing for a photograph.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. Numbers sanctify.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin You’ll find that life is still worthwhile, if you just smile.
Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin A man is what a woman makes him and a woman makes herself.
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Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower When, at a party, a woman (half socialite, half journalist) told me how brave she thought I had been for not getting a facelift, I was tempted to comment on the courage she had shown in dealing with the results of hers.
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