Wisdom is more precious than rubies.
The question should be, is it worth trying to do, not can it be done.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.
The man who has no imagination has no wings.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
Tell me and I forget , show me and I remember , involve me and I understand.
Positive anything is better than negative thinking.
Our furniture goes back to louis the fourteenth - unless of course we pay him before then.
You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
We must be bright and cheerful, long faces do not make religion.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Love understands all languages.
Talent does you no good unless it's recognized by someone else.
Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
It is never too late to be what we might have been
One million dollars !
Love is blind, friendship closes its eyes.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
If you feel you have no faults there's another one.
Life is but a moment, death also is but another.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character.Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
In the court of basketball, there are no objections only rejections.
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
I am again fairly settled down to the pleasant duties of an old fashioned Virginia house-keeper, steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and as cheerful as a cricket.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Do what you love and the money will follow
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart, the secret anniversaries of the heart.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for ?
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
I'm melting ! Melting ! Oh, what a world ! What a world !
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
True love is when your heart and your mind are saying the same thing.
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
Obstacles are what appear when you take your eyes off your dreams.
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
This is the beginning of a new day.
Encouragement is oxygen to the soul.
Some men see things the way they are and ask, Why ? I dream things that never were, and ask Why not ?
Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
Sanctuary !
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
This is the people's war ! It is our war ! We are the fighters ! Fight it, then ! Fight it with all that is in us, and may god defend the right.
Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
Men like my father cannot die. They are with me still - - real in memory as they were in flesh, loving and beloved forever. How green was my valley then.
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject so worthy of my attention.
We all go a little mad sometimes.
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.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused.
Go forward confidently, energetically attacking problems, expecting favorable outcomes.
Many who have spent a lifetime in it can tell us less of love than the child that lost a dog yesterday.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
Great oaks from little acorns grow
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Are you fit company for the person you wish to become ?
Hi, Curly, kill anyone today ?
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.