Douglas Jerrold
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
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You must do the things you think you cannot do.
An avoidance of true communication is tantamount to a relinquishment of my self- being , if I withdraw from it I am betraying not only the other but myself.
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which was already but too easy to arrive at
No, this trick won't work... How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love ?
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'
Live life to the fullest.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
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.
Oh, to be free from the stifling pressures of life to rest, a peaceful slumber that will rejuvenate my soul
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
As a mother of teenagers, do you know how many times I picked up the phone to apologize to my own mother ?
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as well as labor does the body.
Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Only in relationship can you know yourself, not in abstraction and certainly not in isolation. The movement of behavior is the sure guide to yourself. It's the mirror of your consciousness, this mirror will reveal its content, the images, the attachments, the fears, the loneliness, the joy and sorrow. Poverty lies in running away from this, either in its sublimations or its identities.
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going!
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
The only truly happy man is always a fighting optimist. Optimism includes not only altruism but also social responsibility, social courage and objectivity.
Whatever it takes !
In order to change we must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Forget about it.
Impossible situations can become possible miracles.
Some succeed because they are destined. Some succeed because they are determined.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy : true fulfillment.
The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.
For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Be patient with your enemies and forgiving of your friends.
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain -- and most fools do.
God gives us our relatives - thank God we can choose our friends.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
All resources are not obvious, great managers find and develop available talent.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them ?
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.
We can not always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
You are never a loser until you quit trying.
Wherever we look upon this earth, the opportunities take shape within the problems.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
When you study great teachers... you will learn much more from their caring and hard work than from their style.
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play.
Ask for advice but do what you think is best.
The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts
Slow but steady wins the race.
If a man can realize his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a sin ? Nor, even when he has passed that stage, should he call it an error. Man is not traveling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To him all the religions from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realize the infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress, and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength till it reaches the glorious sun.
I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I possess, and the way to develop the best in a person is by appreciation and encouragement. I believe in giving people incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find fault. I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my praise.
Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
As you think in your heart, so shall you be.
We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.
Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die !
A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
Do you like scary movies ?
A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next.
To be a leader, you must stand for something, or fall for anything.
Old love does not rust.
Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it, you can never get it back.
If it is to be it is up to me.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers gardens.
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
All men are created equal. Government by consent of the governed. Give me liberty or give me death. And those are not just clever words, and those are not just empty theories.
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
If there is a will, there is a way.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you cannot hold on a minute longer, never give up then for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.
You are today where your thoughts have brought
The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
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.
All you need is love.
He that would be a leader must be a bridge.
Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.
Don't fear, just live right.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination.
If you want to be creative in your company, your career, your life, all it takes is one easy stepthe extra one. When you encounter a familiar plan, you just ask one question '' What ELSE could we do ? ''
Every sale has five basic obstacles : no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.