Alex Haley
Find the good -- and praise it.
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Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
Wealth is but dung, useful only when spread about.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
I am poor and naked but I am the chief of a nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Georgia, love is for the very young.
You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.
Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
You see things and you say, why ? But I dream things that never were and say, why not ?
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in them.
Always do the right thing.
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.
There are no mistakes, save one, the failure to learn from a mistake.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
It ain't over till it's over.
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
You're gonna need a bigger boat.
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you are in.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.
Change comes from within.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Be the best that you can be.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
A man takes a drop too much once in a while, it's only human nature.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
Where there is love there is life.
Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Can you dig it ?
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.
To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
We rob banks.
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
The stuff that dreams are made of.
I want the fairy tale.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die !
This world will always continue to be a mixture of good and evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to love even the wrongdoer.
The first and greatest commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Happiness is a state of activity.
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here ! This is the war room !
Love like there is no tomorrow.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Hard work pays off.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
The will to prepare is more important than the will to win.
The important thing is this, to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are, for what we could become.
There is only one terminal dignity, love. And the story of a love is not important, what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Anyone who thinks the sky is the limit, has limited imagination.
Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning, they are an incentive to keep you going all day. Goals tend to tap the deeper resources and draw the best out of life.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Work and lovethese are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep, the more I give to thee the more I have for both are infinite.
I love him because he's the kind of guy who gets drunk on a glass of buttermilk, and I love the way he blushes right up over his ears. I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss, the jerk !
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.
Appreciate me now, and avoid the rush.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
I arise from dreams of thee in the first sweet sleep of night, when the winds are breathing low, and the stars are shining bright.
If you build it, he will come.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
When something is finally obvious that should have been obvious years before, we call it common sense.
You only get out what you put in.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds, it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.
Fortune favors the brave.
Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.