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 most elusive and desired quality of leadership is vision. Vision is the perfume of the mind.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
The vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
When god closes a door, he opens a window.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
Show me the money !
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
Along with trustworthiness, consistency is the thing to look for when you surround yourself with people who can help you on your quest.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
I am big ! It's the pictures that got small.
The grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.
You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.
Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
You complete me.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
All of the subjects that I've chosen have had to do with isolation. ... The whole idea of [people] gathering ... doesn't really appeal to me.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
All paths lead nowhere, so it is important to choose a path that has heart.
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
Never, never, never give up.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is.
He who lends to the poor gets his interest from God.
It's showtime !
Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off your goal.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good.
Love is a symbol of eternity that wipes away all sense of time, removing all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Tough times never last but tough people do.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more weight than the total of the weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.
Never close your lips to those whom you have opened your heart.
There are few people who can manage more than their own business.
Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
Most people don't get much praise in daily life, but we all need it very much. I think receiving praise makes us brave. Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you have n't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.
No matter what I ever do or say, Heathcliff, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever.
If you're proactive, you don't have to wait for circumstances or other people to create perspective expanding experiences. You can consciously create your own.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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.
Help me ! Help me !
Every leader needs to have experienced and grown through following -- learning to be dedicated, observant, capable of working with and learning from others, never servile, always truthful. Having located these qualities in himself, he can encourage them in others.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Love does not conquer all things, but it does set all things right.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
You have to think anyway, so why not think big ?
If you realize how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought
The giving of love is an education in itself.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Actions speak louder than words.
Open the pod bay doors,
Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold , the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
You have the power to think what you want. No matter what the circumstance.
Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves.