Ann Landers
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.
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The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
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Leadership is power to endure an ongoing quest for information or influence not just actual triumphs like making profits or achieving stated objectives.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
It's the investor who is risky, not the investment.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
The show must go on.
Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
No man ever became great without many and great mistakes.
Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved
From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough. Sometimes you have to give up the fight and walk away, and move on to something that's more productive.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with.
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
No one became poor by giving alms.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is still willing to learn more.
We feel good about ourselves to the exact degree we feel in control of our lives.
Between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Stella ! Hey, Stella !
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
I am not a toy. I am a spork !
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being.
You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.
Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.
You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss.
There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary.
There are no secrets to success it is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
Perspective is in the quiet of a walk, the wisdom of a good book, or the harmony of your favorite music. I find it sometimes in the slow peace of fishing.
Go ahead, make my day.
Love, a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Most ball games are lost, not won.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Love is like a mountain, hard to climb, but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Do what you love and the money will follow
Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes a choice, he irrevocably binds himself to the consequences of that choice.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.
Nothing is more validating and affirming than feeling understood. And the moment a person begins feeling understood, that person becomes far more open to influence and change.
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
I see dead people.
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
Change does not change tradition. It strengthens it. Change is a challenge and an opportunity, not a threat. Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
Be the change you want to see in the world Ghandi Be useful where thou livest.
First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised. To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
The most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive.
Don't think it, ink it.
Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
The giving of love is an education in itself.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
The way we see the problem is the problem.
I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.
If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
I have a head for business and a bod for sin.
Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself. It's the mirror of your consciousness, this mirror will reveal its content, the images, the attachments, the fears, the loneliness, the joy and sorrow. Poverty lies in running away from this, either in its sublimations or its identities.
People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest.
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
Badges ? We ain't got no badges ! We don't need no badges ! I don't have to show you any stinking badges !
It is love that makes the impossible possible.
As you live your values, your sense of identity, integrity, control, and inner-directedness will infuse you with both exhilaration and peace. You will define yourself from within, rather than by people's opinions or by comparisons to others.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?