Charles Morgan
There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved , it is God's finger on man's shoulder.
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
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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.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
May the Force be with you.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
The heart has reasons that reason does not understand.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
Mac, you ever been in love ?
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
Bad news, compadres, this place is magic as hell.
Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune.
The secret of education lies in respecting the student.
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Ask nothing, want nothing in return. Give what you have to give, it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
Where there is great love, there are always wishes.
Man is a ladder placed on the earth and the top of it touches heaven. And all his movements and doings and words leave traces in the upper world.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - It goes on.
Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
I have, for many years past, contemplated the noble races of red men who are now spread over these trackless forests and boundless prairies, melting away at the approach of civilization.
Doomed are the hotheads ! Unhappy are they who lose their cool and are too proud to say, ''I'm sorry. ''
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
Motivation is like food for the brain. You can not get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular refills.
Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
The road to success is always under construction.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Love is not selfish.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness for god the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
Love doesn't just sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
Great men are not always wise.
Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
You can not step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on.
The dingo took my baby !
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Ideas become powerful only if they appear in the flesh , an idea which does not lead to action by the individual and by groups remains at best a paragraph or a footnote in a book -- provided the idea is original and relevant. It is like a seed stored in a dry place. If the idea is to have influence, it must be put into the soil, and the soil is people and groups of people.
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.
The best proof of love is trust.
I'm Multi-Dimensional !
Chance is the fool's name for fate.
He that has done nothing has known nothing.
I don't like the man. I must get to know him better.
The show must go on.
Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can.
If you build it, he will come.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Open the pod bay doors,
Be who you are in every situation.
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.
Say hello to my little friend !
Don't dream it be it.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
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.
You create your reality.
On the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never faileth and life never faileth so long as there is love.
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Oh, yeah, woody ! I've known that guy my whole life: Two days.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
If not us, who, if not now, when ?
The only reason I would take up jogging would be to hear heavy breathing again.
Hope springs eternal.
The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
The grand essentials of happiness are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
A life lived in fear is half lived.
No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.
Don't go through life, grow through life.
Failures don't plan to fail, they fail to plan.
The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.
Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.
Not many people know it, but the Fuhrer was a terrific dancer.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
If you are afraid of failure you don’t deserve to be successful!
If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least ten times.
God does not care about our mathematical difficulties. He integrates empirically.
By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.