Cecil B. DeMille
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
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You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this ? And radio operates exactly the same way : you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
When were the good and the brave ever in a majority ?
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Reflection doesn't take anything away from decisiveness, from being a person of action. In fact, it generates the inner toughness that you need to be an effective person of action -- to be a leader. Think of leadership as some of two vectors competence: (your specialty, your skills, your know-howl) and authenticity: (your identity, your character, your attitude) .
This is the first day, of the rest of your life.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it that makes the difference.
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion. I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more. I could be martyr'd for my religion. Love is my religion. And I could die for that. I could die for you.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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.
It is not our purpose to become each other , it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you ; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy -- not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self-analysis. What is it that makes you happy ? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call 'following your bliss'. If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss, you are enjoying that refreshment, that life within you, all the time.
In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person.
Action may not always bring happiness , but there is no happiness without action.
The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war.
The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is not better than the governed.
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation - it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
Change comes from within.
Love is the only rational act.
We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions.
Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.
A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we can not practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
The true way to soften one's troubles is to solace those of others.
Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons ! The loons ! They're welcoming us back.
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Love asks me no questions, and gives me endless support.
The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Be who you are in every situation.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Thou art to me a delicious torment.
No matter where you go, there you are.
To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others.
Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is a freedom.
If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill.
Knowing means to penetrate through the surface, in order to arrive at the roots, and hence the causes, knowing means to "see" reality in its nakedness. Knowing does not mean to be in the possession of the truth , it means to penetrate the surface and to strive critically and actively in order to approach truth ever more closely.
Where there is life, there is hope. Where there are hopes, there are dreams. Where there are vivid dreams repeated, they become goals. Goals become the action plans and game plans that winners dwell on in intricate detail, knowing that achievement is almost automatic when the goal becomes an inner commitment. The response to the challenges of life -- purpose -- is the healing balm that enables each of us to face up to adversity and strife.
Look at that ! Look how she moves. That's just like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motor. I tell you, it's a whole different sex !
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Between this fan and the fancy sunbrella, I'm one 16 inch waist away from Scarlett O'Hara !
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
It is well for the heart to be naive and for the mind not to be.
An Arabian proverb says there are four sorts of men: He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool, shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple, teach him. He who knows and knows not he knows: he is asleep--wake him. He who knows and knows he knows: he is wise, follow him.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving ; they make mistakes, but they do not quit.
Now is wanted intense karma-yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused.
Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Happiness is the indication that man has found the answer to the problem of human existence the productive realization of his potentialities and thus, simultaneously, being one with the world and preserving the integrity of his self.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
You could unwrap a Fudgesicle at the first light and never touch the brake lever till you threw away the stick.
It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but religiously follows the new.
I'll meet you at the place near the thing where we went that time.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
The best things in life are free.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
Joy is not in things, it is in us.
Look, Daddy. Teacher says, Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
When the going gets tough the tough get going.
Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Only a life lived for others is a life worth living.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I keep getting older, they stay the same age.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
It is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect and by gentleness, than by fear.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.