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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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.
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness ?
You don't understand ! I could've had class. I could've been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.
The difficulties and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten. We must endeavor to let our ways be the way of pleasantness and all our paths peace.
All love is sweet, given or returned.
Cause Change & Lead. Accept Change & Survive. Resist Change & Die.
If you can't do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Do what you love and the money will follow
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Young love is a flame , very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves.
God is present in every jiva, there is no other god besides that. Who serves jiva serves god indeed.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Come back to me in dreams, that I may give pulse for pulse, breath for breath. Speak low, lean low, as long ago, my love, how long ago.
Freedom is man's capacity to take a hand in his own development. It is our capacity to mold ourselves.
Experience is the best teacher.
Romanticism is not just a mode, it literally eats into every life. Women will never get rid of just waiting for the right man.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, and live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.
It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.
Our furniture goes back to louis the fourteenth - unless of course we pay him before then.
The first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be overcome first.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The crocodile is only strong in the water.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Submit to love faithfully and it gives a person joy. It intoxicates, it envelops, it isolates. It creates fragrance in the air, ardour from coldness, it beautifies everything around it.
Acknowledge that you failed, draw your lessons from it, and use it to your advantage to make sure it never happens again.
Success has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
Do you like scary movies ?
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
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.
Thou love life ? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff that life is made of.
My fathers planted for me, and I planted for my children.
Tolerance can lead to learning something.
Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
Ideals are like stars, you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny.
The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.
You aren't too bright. I like that in a man.
The past does not equal the future.
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.
Why is it that the more mistakes people make, the more paranoid they become about other people's mistakes ?
Love is a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly it may alight upon you.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.
A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties. No religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.
My love for you is a journey, starting at forever, and ending at never.
Do you want a leg or a breast ?
Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Our friends and fellow-workers die off from us.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
The best way out is always through.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
Most appreciated after dinner speech - I'll pay the check.
There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Stella ! Hey, Stella !
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
One cannot think crooked and walk straight.
Years from now, when you talk about this, and you will, be kind.
The best way out is always through.
The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.
If people find fault with you and try to put you into bad light, wrongly slandering and vilifying you, just step back and observe yourself. Don't harbor any dislike, don't enter into it any contests, and don't get upset, angry, or resentful. Just cut right through it and be as if you never or saw it. Eventually malevolent pests will disappear of themselves. If you contend with them, then a bad name will bounce back and forth with never an end in sight.
They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our freedom !
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.
It's like, I became such a good person, I almost forgot... I'm a world class liar, baby !
Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
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.
Bitterness imprisons life, love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life, love empowers it. Bitterness sours life, love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life, love heals it. Bitterness blinds life, love anoints it's eyes.
Came but for friendship, and took away love.
Where there is love there is no darkness.
Volunteering is not a choice, it's a responsibility.
That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.
Love can be understood only from the inside, as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The mind is a lousy master but a wonderful servant.
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war, love is a growing up
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.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you !
Happiness is a choice.
Let thy words be few.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
You are what you think about all day long.
Adventure is worthwhile.