Anatole France
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
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Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
To love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart, and to sing it to them when they have forgotten.
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
Fathers are like a lighthouse when there is fog his children can always depend on seeing the light.
Say not, "I have found the truth" but rather, "I have found a truth".
Success leaves clues.
What hump ?
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
I am not a toy. I am a spork !
Resolve to be a master of change rather than a victim of change.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
Anything is possible.
Have you checked the children lately ?
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Love like there is no tomorrow.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
Houston, we have a problem.
You haven't failed until you quit trying.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you -- suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, "Well, I'll have a go, too''.
Hey, Johnny, what are you rebelling against ?
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Each time someone stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.
Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.
The best and most beautiful things in the world can not be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.
Love is patient and kind, love is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way, it is not irritable or resentful, it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Work is love made manifest.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
There are times when a man should be content with what he has but never with what he is.
Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of : Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, and the full fledged devotion to god. Faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
In order to accept change and the suffering it brings, we need to find meaning in it
You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
It's hard to believe that you haven't had sex for two hundred years.
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Beginnings are scary. Endings are usually sad, but it's what's in the middle that counts. So, when you find yourself at the beginning, just give hope a chance to float up. And it will.
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Great changes may not happen right away, but with effort even the difficult may become easy.
There is no education like adversity.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.
Bring out the gimp.
I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident... . Almost none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They were achieved by having trained myself to endure and tolerate hard work.
Real love stories never have endings.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
From now on you will never be alone, even when we are separated, and even when death itself parts us, I shall remain with you.
More than kisses, letters mingle souls.
Don't ask yourself what the world needs , ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Keep the Faith.
Education means inspiring someones mind, not just filling their head.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
Pay the farmer or pay the hospital.
Somebody stop me !
We'll always have Paris.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
You see, Francois, marriage is a beautiful mistake which two people make together. But with you, Francois, I think it would be a mistake.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.
If there is a will, there is a way.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
We are all born for love, it is the principle existence and it's only end.
Woody, I know what your problem is. You're just like me. Trash !