Cornelius Nepos
The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
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Little strokes fell great oaks.
One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life , that word is love.
Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes !
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too !
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintaining focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.
You will become as small as your controlling desire, as great as your dominant aspiration.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. All progress depends upon the unreasonable man.
Till I loved, I never lived, enough.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
I see dead people.
We'll always have Paris.
Success doesn't come to you, you go to it.
What is a friend ? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
Love that is true never grows old.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying things which are beyond the power of our will.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Be loyal to people in their absence. Then watch how others begin having more faith and confidence in you, because they know you won't be talking about them behind their backs.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
Most people resist change, so a key part of innovating is convincing other people that your idea is a good one -- by enlisting their help, and, in doing so, by helping them see the usefulness of the idea.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
Woody, I know what your problem is. You're just like me. Trash !
Repeat anything long enough and it will start to become you.
The dove is my emblem... . I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it... . I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
We shall neither fail nor falter, we shall not weaken or tire. Give us the tools and we will finish the job.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep, the more I give to thee the more I have for both are infinite.
In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.
It is not good for all our wishes to be filled , through sickness we recognize the value of health, through evil, the value of good, through hunger, the value of food, through exertion, the value of rest.
The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
There is not a breathing of the common wind that will forget thee.
There comes a moment when you have to stop revving up the car and shove it into gear.
A way of life can not be successful so long as it is mere intellectual conviction. It must be deeply felt, deeply believed, dominant even in dreams.
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
In any world menu, Canada must be considered the vichyssoise of nations – it's cold, half-French, and difficult to stir.
They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
One, two, Freddy's coming for you.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape !
Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Excuse me while I whip this out.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
In order to be walked on, you have to be lying down.
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Live your dreams.
Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon, everything's different.
I'm not here just to make a living, I'm here to make a difference.
Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.
Peace can not be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
A boy's best friend is his mother.
Here's Johnny !
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.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Failure doesn't mean you are a failure, it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
He who hesitates is lost !
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we can not live within.
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
When we won't consider suggestions, we reject our own potential - but we have a right to expect people to be tactful.
I do not resent criticism, even when, for the sake of emphasis, it parts for the time with reality.
Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
Each action can be the one on which all depends , what is decisive is only the strength and concentration of hallowing with which I do it. To the question of what had been the most essential matter for his late teacher, a disciple answered, 'Always just what he was engaged in at the moment'.
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.
We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who make it most easy for us to forgive them.
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
I'll be taking these huggies and whatever cash you got.
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized ; they die when neglected. Life is a long line of opportunities.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
But because I am mad, I hate you. Because I am mad, I have betrayed you. And because I'm mad, I'm rejoicing in my heart, without a shred of pity, without a shred of regret, watching you go with glory in my heart !
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized -- never knowing.
No man can stand on top because he is put there.
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 ?
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
There is no education like adversity.
Just smiling can do wonders for your attitude
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.