Eden Phillpotts
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.
Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing , every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning
I demolish my bridges behind methen there is no choice but to move forward. Firdtjof Nansen I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
You create your reality.
Know thyself.
When I hear somebody sigh, life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, compared to what ?
The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word coeur, meaning ''heart''. Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values whither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.
When a problem comes along, study it until you are completely knowledgeable. Then find that weak spot, break the problem apart, and the rest will be easy.
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
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.
Fiddle-dee-dee.
Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
There are millions of children today who don't attend school. However, education is the only way to get ahead in this country.
Being defeated is only a temporary condition , giving up is what makes it permanent.
How many doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb ? That depends on whether it has medical insurance.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
This too, shall pass.
The stakes are too high for government to be a spectator sport.
He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
If we always look back, we lose sight of what's ahead.
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.
Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
The miracle is this the more we share, the more we have.
Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
The best proof of love is trust.
Well done is better than well said.
Men who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life the success so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called present.
Go ahead, make my day.
The strongest among the weak is the one who doesn't forget his weaknesses.
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
We can always redeem the man who aspires and strives.
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
I can levitate birds, but nobody cares.
Don't call me a saint - I don't want to be dismissed that easily.
We have only one reality, and that is here and now. What we miss by our evasions will never return, but if we squander ourselves, then too we lose being. Each day is precious a moment can be everything.
That which is false troubles the heart, but truth brings joyous tranquility.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
World is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
I've looked around enough to know that you're the one I want to go through time with.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
What do they think I am, dumb or something ? Why, I make more money than Calvin Coolidge ! Put together !
Happiness is a choice.
I won't be ignored, Dan !
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.
Father to a murdered son. Husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
The idea for Googles search engine came to Page in a dream about downloading the entire web and keeping the links, he told Michigan graduates. When no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition, he said.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.
And that's how you play "Get the Guests".
Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
What is it you want, Mary ? What do you want ? You want the moon ? Just say the word, and I'll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.
Just because we increase the speed of information doesn't mean we can increase the speed of decisions. Pondering, reflecting and ruminating are undervalued skills in our culture.
You may conquer with the sword, but you are conquered by a kiss.
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
They say you were shot in the tabloids.
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow , Learn as if you were to live forever.
The truth is more important than the facts.
If you didn't know me, would you think I was a stranger ?
We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
There are two things to aim at in life, first, to get what you want, and after that to to enjoy it.
He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is ; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
This kind of certainty comes but just once in a lifetime.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Whether or not we realize it each of us has within us the ability to set some kind of example for people. Knowing this would you rather be the one known for being the one who encouraged others, or the one who inadvertently discouraged those around you ?
Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far. quotes
I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability... . We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It's not what they're not doing or should be doing that's the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is "out there", stop yourself. That thought is the problem.
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.