C.N. Bovee
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
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The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
I love thee, I love but thee with a love that shall not die till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
, Nobel Peace Prize winner We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper.
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" through the greed of getting supporters.
I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
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.
Know thyself.
Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.
I am convinced that He ( God ) does not play dice.
Press forsake! Go ahead and press 'forsake now' !
Determine never to be idle... It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
The road to success is always under construction.
Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves.
But there's nothing half so sweet in life, as love's young dream.
To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Love is the history of a woman's life, it is an episode in man's.
No man is free who is not master of himself.
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death !
War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow men.
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
One can spend a lifetime assigning blame, find the cause 'out there' for all the troubles that exist. Contrast this with the 'responsible attitude' of confronting the situation, bad or good, and instead of asking, 'What caused the trouble ? Who was to blame ?' asking 'How can I handle this present situation to make the most of it ? What can I salvage here ?'
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Wealth belongs to the person who enjoys it and not to the one who keeps it.
Its so hard when contemplated in advance, and so easy when you do it.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted.
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.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
Work spares us from three evils boredom, vice, and need.
If at first you don't succeed skydiving is not for you.
One can be a soldier without dying, and a lover without sighing.
Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.
While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.
After every happiness comes misery, they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature, both are chains -- one iron, one gold , behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. These are states, and states must ever change , but the nature of the atman is bliss, peace, unchanging. We have not to get it, we have it, only wash away the dross and see it.
The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body. The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.
It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear, about two nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.
To live is like to love, all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
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.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Success is predictable.
Things do not change we change.
Mightier far than strength of nerve or sinew, or the sway of magic potent over sun and star, is love.
Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their own way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.
If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.
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) .
I don't know nothin 'bout birthin' babies.
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.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift me lamp beside the golden door.
How do I look ?
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
Happy wife, happy life.
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb ? Just one, but it requires 21 office visits and 4 X-rays.
Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.
To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
Having all the money in the world isn't much good if you can hardly get out of bed in the morning to enjoy it
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
Seek first to understand, then be understood
Shri Ramakrishna used to say, "As long as I live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death. Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of goodness and love.
One sure-fire way to stay creative force yourself to learn something new.
Friendship doubles joy and halves grief.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
There is no security on this earth ; there is only opportunity.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Our only security is in our ability to change.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible.