Dag Hammarskjold
A mature man is his own judge. In the end, his only form of support is being faithful to his own convictions. The advice of others may be welcomed invaluable, but it does not free him from responsibility.
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We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.
If you don't first handle fear and desire, and you get rich, you'll be a high pay slave.
It's never too late.
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, the excitement, and the mystery of the world we live in.
Hi-Yo, Silver !
Men spend their lives in anticipations, in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every otherit is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine , but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
Life is the movie you see through your own eyes. It makes little difference what's happening out there. It's how you take it that counts.
All things are created twice. There's a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you've thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind.
It is possible to fail in many ways while to succeed is possible only in one way.
There is nothing to fear, but fear itself.
Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear.
Wealth is the product of man's ability to think.
Life is a do-it yourself project.
Do what you love and the money will follow
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically -- to say 'no' to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good. '
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
I'll have what she's having.
A dream is simply reality waiting to happen.
The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart, the secret anniversaries of the heart.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society.
Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.
Honesty characterizes the person and enables him to create an identity, to communicate a real presence, and to establish authentic bonds with others. The individual increasingly comes to know who he is through the stand he takes when he expresses his ideas, values, beliefs, and convictions, and through the declaration and ownership of his feelings.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
Our intentions create our reality.
Badges ? We ain't got no badges ! We don't need no badges ! I don't have to show you any stinking badges !
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win -- essential to success.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud, either.
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
How many chiropractors does it take to change a light bulb ? Just one, but it requires 21 office visits and 4 X-rays.
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity.
I am not an animal ! I am a human being. I am a man.
What's meant to be will always find a way
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
All love is sweet, given or returned.
"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls", and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and god is the thread that runs through all of them, most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
The death of fear is in doing what you fear to do.
Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose.
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
You're my Lassie come home.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely.
The truth is more important than the facts.
Remember the difference between a boss and a leader a boss says "Go ! '' -- a leader says "Let's go ! ''
Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.
Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in kansas anymore.
When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard', I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what ?'
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractionsthe little soon-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment in the disguise of a playful raillery, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.
Take a chance ! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
You make me want to be a better man.
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people And the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure The betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
To succeed you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
In imagination, there's no limitation.
It's easier to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never will.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
I love him because he's the kind of guy who gets drunk on a glass of buttermilk, and I love the way he blushes right up over his ears. I love him because he doesn't know how to kiss, the jerk !
My friends are my estate.
Love is a hole in the heart.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
Security is a kind of death.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back.
If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
They're called boobs, Ed.
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.