Canary Island Proverb
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
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In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be , if you think yourself strong, you will be.
Do what you love and the money will follow
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: Do not do what you are doing now.
Life's blows can not break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
If you ever feel like having a child, go to a restaurant and sit next to one.
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
There is a great man who makes every man feels small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
My friends are my estate.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
Each human organism is conceived with a potential for becoming a complete human being -- as a seed contains the potential for becoming a complete plant. But his becoming may be completed in an infinite variety of ways.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.
The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack.
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary : impossible.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil -- the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be.
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Insist on yourself, never imitate. Every great man is unique.
O my's like a red, red rose. That's newly sprung in June, O my's like the melodie. That's sweetly play'd in tune.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
Accumulate learning by study, understand what you learn by questioning.
The gulf between god and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing god, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
Your most expensive advice is the free advice you receive from your financially struggling friends and relatives.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
Love never claims, it ever gives.
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
Just because you make a mistake doesnt mean you are a mistake.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
Love is like the wild rose-briar. Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly ?
Your talent is god's gift to you.
Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
Badges ? We ain't got no badges ! We don't need no badges ! I don't have to show you any stinking badges !
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Never complain about what you permit.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. I can take it in small doses, but as a lifestyle I find it too confining.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
From what we get, we can make a living, what we give, however makes a life.
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.
Come out, come out, wherever you are !
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.
I love him because he's the kind of guy who gets drunk on a glass of buttermilk, and I love the way he blushes right up over his ears. I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss, the jerk !
Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth.
Never say more than is necessary.
Four steps to achievement : plan purposely, prepare prayerfully, proceed positively, pursue persistently.
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.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it.
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You can not make progress without making decisions.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
This is the beginning of a new day.
The book you don't read cant help.
It's amazing, Molly. The love inside, you take it with you.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
The principal goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough ! You must take action.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
My mama always said, life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Except and expect positive things and that is what you will receive.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.
I can't understand why people are frightened by new ideas. I'm frightened by old ones.
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.
Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!
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.
Nobody has ever escaped from Stalag 17. Not alive, anyway.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.