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Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Love is not only something you feel. It's something you do.
Houston, we have a problem.
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
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You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
Can miles truly separate you from friends. If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there ?
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty water, if clean can not be had.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do -- professionally and personally -- and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender , it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
Union gives strength.
Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.
If you would create something, you must be something.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
There is no education like adversity.
The only disability in life is a bad attitude.
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
If I had more time, I'd write a shorter speech.
All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart the best brain.
A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for.
People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.
What's meant to be will always find a way
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
What is tolerance ? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error , let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
We are all born for love, it is the principle existence and it's only end.
Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Practice does not make perfect, perfect practice makes perfect.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.
When you put faith, hope and love together, you can raise positive kids in a negative world.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking together in the same direction.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves ; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.
The handgun would not be my choice of weapon if I knew I was going to a fight. ...I'd choose a rifle, a shotgun, an RPG or an atomic bomb instead.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. quotes
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.
The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.
If you face a delicate situation, don't go into it wearing your spurs or you'll rip it apart. Instead, dress for the occasion. Cloak yourself in diplomacy. Vest yourself with wisdom, and wear a smile.
Lives most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing for others ?
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair.
We're sisters under the same mink.
In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.
When you come to the edge of all the light you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen. There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
You don't use a hammer to tighten a screw.
Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
Formal education will make you a living, self education will make you a fortune.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention... . Its their 'ideas' that appeal to me.
You. too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. quotes
Lust is what makes you keep wanting it, even when you have no desire to be with each other. Love is what makes you keep wanting to be with each other, even when you have no desire to do it.
There is time for everything.
Happiness can not be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
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.
The key to truth is the next deed, and this key opens the door if one does what one has to do in such a way that the meaning of the action here finds its fulfillment. Thus truth in the world of man is not to be found as the content of knowledge, but only as human existence. One does not express it, one does not perceive it, but one lives it, and receives it as life.
Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away , and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Man shapes himself through decisions that shape his environment.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
You're so money, and you don't even know it.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
If you ever feel like having a child, go to a restaurant and sit next to one.