David B. Allman
The dedicated doctor knows that he must be both scientist and humanitarian, his most agonizing decisions lie in the field of human relations.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream.
You cannot live without dying. You cannot live if you do not die psychologically every minute. This is not an intellectual paradox. To live completely, wholly, every day as if it were a new loveliness, there must be dying to everything of yesterday, otherwise you live mechanically, and a mechanical mind can never know what love is or what freedom is.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
For things to change you've got to change. Otherwise, nothing much will change
Love is the only rational act.
If you know peace, then you thrive , if you know contentment, then you are rich.
An Indian's dress of deer skins, which is wet a hundred times upon his back, dries soft; and his lodge also, which stands in the rains, and even through the severity of winter, is taken down as soft and as clean as when it was first put up.
Love doesn't make the world go'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how''.
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain, As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
A man should have any number of little aims about which he should be conscious and for which he should have names, but he should have neither name for, nor consciousness concerning, the main aim of his life.
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears of all my life.
Forget about it.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Love understands all languages.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision.
First get rid of the delusion "I am the body", and then only can we want real knowledge.
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.
None are homely who smile.
Ability is sexless.
So many fail because they don't get started -- they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
When a man comes to a conscious vital realization of those great spiritual forces within himself and begins to use those forces in science, in business, and in life, his progress in the future will be unparalleled.
Seek first to understand and then to be understood.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
You can't expect people to look eye to eye with you if you are looking down on them.
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.
The oneness of human beings is the basic ethical thread that holds us together.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
The entire law is summed up in a single command, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Always do the right thing.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Success is having a flair for the thing that you are doing , knowing that is it not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.
He who lives without discipline dies without honor.
Success is the child of audacity.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
Love is not love until love's vulnerable.
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.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
I am your father.
It is not enough to have a good mind, the main thing is to use it well.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams !
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) .
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
You know, Billy. We blew it.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
Draw from others the lesson that may profit yourself.
Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
If we are to achieve results never before accomplished, we must expect to employ methods never before attempted.
If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a chance of being a prophet.
You can often measure a person by the size of his dream.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Fear is the parent of cruelty.
Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
All mankind love a lover.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Never spend your money before you have it.
It's showtime !
When you arrive at your future, will you blame your past ?
You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Hell is the knowledge of opportunity lost, the place where the man I am comes face to face with the man I might have been.
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.
Men stumble over the truth from time to time but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Always bear in mind, that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who can not read and write, but those who can not learn, unlearn, and relearn.
The best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.