David Starr Jordan
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
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In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.
One joy scatters a hundred griefs.
I feel I have this great creative and spiritual force within me that is greater than faith, greater than ambition, greater than confidence, greater than determination, greater than vision. It is all these combined. Whether it is a godhead or not, I feel this great force, this untapped power, this dynamic something within me. This feeling defies description, and there is no experience with which this feeling may be compared. It is something like a strong emotion mixed with faith, but a lot stronger.
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
Be strong ! You talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever is weak, avoid ! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it ! There is salvation only for the brave. "None but the brave deserves the fair". None but the bravest deserves salvation.
Yesterday ended last night. Every day is a new beginning. Learn the skill of forgetting. And move on.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
That dirty, double-crossin' rat !
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.
Every artist was first an amateur.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it.
Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Death is something not only mysterious but a great act of purgation. That which continues in a repetitive pattern is degeneration. The pattern may vary according to country, according to climate, according to circumstance, but it is a pattern. Moving in any pattern brings about a continuity and that continuity is part of the degenerating process of man. When there is an ending of continuity, something new can take place. One can understand it instantly if one has understood the whole movement of thought, of fear, hate, love - then one can grasp the significance, instantly, of what death is.
When you drop a pebble into a pool of water, the pebble starts a series of ripples that expand until they encompass the whole pool. This is exactly what will happen when I give my ideas a definite plan of action. Right now I can project my thoughts into the future. I can see ahead of me. I dream, I am not easily discouraged, readily visualize myself as overcoming obstacles, winning out over setbacks, achieving impossible objectives.
When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.
Take a watch to pieces and examine, however carefully, its separate parts in turn, and you will never come across the principles by which the watch keeps time.
No limits are set to the ascent of man, and to each and everyone the highest stands open. Here it is only your personal choice that decides.
The holiest of holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart, the secret anniversaries of the heart.
If you would create something, you must be something.
Love vanquishes time. To lovers, a moment can be eternity, eternity can be the tick of a clock.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word freedom , justice , honor , duty , mercy , hope.
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the the universe.
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
So whether or not we can get together, remember well that art lives where absolute freedom is. With all the training thrown to nowhere, with a mind perfectly unaware of its own working, with the self vanishing nowhere the art of JKD attains its perfection.
Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
Live with passion.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.
Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing.
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.
Look up and not down, look forward and not back, look out and not in, and lend a hand.
Success is the child of audacity.
As physicians, we are invited into the most intimate chambers of our patients’ lives. We should acknowledge that unfettered trust with dignity, deference, and respect. For a physician, caring for patients is not only a duty; it is a privilege. Alleviating pain and restoring health for another human being can induce an exhilaration few others experience in their careers.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
If I had never met him, I would have dreamed him into being.
What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
Pep without purpose is piffle.
Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
You will become as small as your controlling desire ; as great as your dominant aspiration.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
From success to failure is one step , from failure to success is a long road.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
The art of love, is largely the art of persistence.
Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.
A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as clear as the nose on your face.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, Certainly I can ! - and get busy and find out how to do it
Love is friendship set to music
Everything that is good from others, bring it in, and in your own way absorb it, do not become others.
As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We can not choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.
Nuptial love makes mankind, friendly love perfects it, but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.
Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
May no gift be too small to give, nor too simple to receive, which is wrapped in thoughtfulness and tied with love.
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources.
Who is the happiest of men ? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though'twere his own.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
As a principle-centered person you try to stand apart from the emotion of the situation and from other factors that would act on you, and evaluate the options. Looking at the balanced whole -- the work needs, the family needs, the other needs that may be involved, and the possible implications of the various alternatives -- you'll try to come up with the best solution taking all factors into consideration.
To love is to place our happiness in the happiness of another.
From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
What's another word for thesaurus ?
The soul is covered with the color of its leisure thoughts.
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesud. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules whose would you use ?
It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Your voice makes me tremble inside and your smile is an invitation for my imagination to go wild.
Success is the proper utilization of failure.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in ; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day ; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.
Self-knowledge is the basis of JKD because it is effective, not only for the individuals martial art, but also for his life as a human being.
If I am pressed to say why I loved him, I feel it can only be explained by replying. Because it was he, because it was me.
If to do good were easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.
The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
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 !
All you need is love.
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall , but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
In the midst of winter, I found there was within me an invincible summer.