Bruce Barton
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside of them was superior to circumstance.
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If you build it, he will come.
To be a champion, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.
Whoever said anybody has a right to give up ?
You owe me nothing for giving the love that I give. You owe me nothing for caring the way that I have. I give you thanks for receiving , it's my privilege, and you owe me nothing in return.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting, by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.
No man is wise enough by himself.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Think of me as a sex symbol for men who don't give a damn.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly , what is essential is invisible to the eye.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
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.
Love, a temporary insanity, curable by marriage.
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible.
It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit.
To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself : First, what could I do ? Second, what could I read ? And third, who could I ask ?
Imitate until you emulate, match and surpass those who launched you. It's the highest form of thankfulness.
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
Every artist was first an amateur.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
This is the beginning of a new day.
If you love someone, set them free.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Be courageous ! Whatever setbacks America has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward !
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly achieve them.
Here's looking at you, kid.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
All men dream, but unequally. Those that dream at night in the dusty recesses of their minds awake the next day to find that their dreams were just vanity. But those who dream during the day with their eyes wide open are dangerous men , they act out their dreams to make them reality.
It had always amazed me how different things looked in a studio compared to how they appeared on TV. In reality the set was a tiny stage in a giant room of cables, cameras, and monitors, all connected trounced a control room full of other monitors and audio equipment. On TV it looked like two people sitting in an office having a conversation.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty and industry. Don't take too much advice keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt. . . . If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all that he can.
Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth.
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
They will rise highest who strive for the highest place.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
My precious.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers, clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.
To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self, this is to have succeeded.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give the world your best anyway.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, 'I love you ! ' Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
Let's roll.
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.
The fire that warms us can also consume us, it is not the fault of the fire.
But, in the opinion of the court, you are not only sane but you're the sanest man that ever walked into this courtroom.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
Because ideas have to be original only with regard to their adaptation to the problem at hand, I am always extremely interested in how others have used used them.
To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Don't wait. The time will never be just right.
Know thyself.
Fractures well cured make us more strong.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
To my big brother George, the richest man in town !
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
Silence is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.