Flip Wilson

Stand-up Comedian American 1933 – 1998

Created Geraldine character and pioneering African-American comedy special.

403 quotes

"Literature lets us live a thousand lives without dying once"
Literature
"Politics is the art of saying nothing in a thousand different ways"
Politics
"War solves nothing that peace couldn't solve better"
War
"Motivation comes from within - nobody can give it to you"
Motivation
"Inspiration strikes when you're ready to receive it"
Inspiration
"Relationships are built on trust, maintained by honesty, and destroyed by lies"
Relationships
"Solitude is where you find yourself, but loneliness is where you lose yourself"
Solitude
"The best time to plant a tree was yesterday, the second best is today"
Wisdom
"What you believe about yourself becomes your reality"
Life
"Love is the only thing that grows bigger the more you give away"
Love
"Success is a journey, not a destination we ever really arrive at"
Success
"A real friend is someone who knows all your flaws and still sticks around"
Friendship
"Family teaches you who you are and friends teach you who you want to be"
Family
"Hope is the rope we throw ourselves when we're drowning"
Hope
"The most courageous thing you can do is be yourself in a world trying to change you"
Courage
"Every ending is just another beginning in disguise"
Change
"An educated mind is a dangerous mind to those who fear progress"
Education
"The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know"
Knowledge
"Lost time is never found again, no matter how hard you look"
Time
"Truth has a way of coming out, sometimes when you least expect it"
Truth
"True freedom means being free from the chains inside your own mind"
Freedom
"Peace is not the absence of conflict, it's the presence of harmony"
Peace
"Nature teaches us that everything has a season and a reason"
Nature
"Art is the expression of the soul that civilization tries to suppress"
Art
"Science without conscience is the ruin of the soul"
Science
"Music speaks to something deeper than words ever could"
Music
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen"
Faith
"Leadership is influence, nothing more and nothing less"
Leadership
"Work that doesn't feed your soul will starve your spirit"
Work
"Dreams deferred become regrets that haunt you forever"
Dreams