B.C. Forbes
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking, the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
Know thyself.
Funny like I'm a clown ? I amuse you ?
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perpetual anesthesia. To mistake an ordinary young man for a greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
I am your number one fan.
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
That'll do, pig. That'll do.
Money without brains is always dangerous.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
I never worry about action, but only about inaction.
You think I'm licked. You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked. And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause. Even if this room gets filled with lies like these, and the taylors and all their armies come marching into this place.
What a dump.
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness and a little looking out for the other fella, too.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
I always say a kiss on the hand might feel very good, but a diamond tiara lasts forever.
Opportunity does not knock ; it presents itself when you beat down the door. -
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
What the heart has once owned and had, it shall never lose.
We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
You cannot live without dying. You cannot live if you do not die psychologically every minute. This is not an intellectual paradox. To live completely, wholly, every day as if it were a new loveliness, there must be dying to everything of yesterday, otherwise you live mechanically, and a mechanical mind can never know what love is or what freedom is.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
No fate is worse than a life without a love.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of god is confined to this or that book ? How dare men call god infinite, and yet try to compress him within the covers of a little book !
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man , but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
I light my candle from their torches.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
If you want to win friends, make it a point to remember them. If you remember my name, you pay me a subtle compliment ; you indicate that I have made an impression on you. Remember my name and you add to my feeling of importance.
Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.
Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts as the Columbus to his own soul.
Well, nobody's perfect.
The mind has exactly the same power as the hands, not merely to grasp the world, but to change it
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die !
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
I have failed over and over again. That is why I succeed.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.
What this power is I cannot say. All I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear. Are people so afraid ? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Triumph often is nearest when defeat seems inescapable.
Ideas... they have the power
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to god, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done'. We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.
Above all, beware of compromises. Hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads through the greed of getting supporters. Your atman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of ?
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Watch the skies, everywhere, keep looking ! Keep watching the skies !
Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Life must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend, there, the whole aspect of things changes.
Learning karate requires self-control and discipline Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
Unfortunately, most of the students in martial art are conformers. The student seldom learns to depend upon himself for expression. Instead, he faithfully or blindly follows an instructor, the authority figure, and his instructor's imposed pattern. That way, the student feels he is no longer alone and finds security in mass imitation. However, what is nurtured is the dependent mind rather than independent inquiry, which is so essential to genuine understanding. So through daily conditioning a student will probably be skilled according to a pattern, however, he will not come to understand himself.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
Ability is sexless.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
You aren't too bright. I like that in a man.
There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group, there is less competition there.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
You become what you think about.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.