Edward Young
Procrastination is the thief of time.
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I'll have what she's having.
Love may make the world go around, but it's laughter that keeps us from getting dizzy.
Do not wait for leaders, do it alone, person to person.
To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.
We must all suffer one of two things : the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.
Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
To live happily with other people, ask of them only what they can give.” Tristan Bernard
In the long run, we only hit what we aim at.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Your voice makes me tremble inside and your smile is an invitation for my imagination to go wild.
The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.
Let's go home, Debbie.
Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
I have loved to the point of madness, that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.
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'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day , I'd rather have one walk beside me than merely point the way.
I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe Ive even loved you before I saw you.
He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, they is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Life can only be understood backwards , but it must be lived forwards.
Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
Not many people are willing to give failure a second opportunity. They fail once and it is all over. The bitter pill of failure is often more than most people can handle. If you are willing to accept failure and learn from it, if you are willing to consider failure as a blessing in disguise and bounce back, you have got the essential of harnessing one of the most powerful success forces.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart. You broke my heart.
An army of a thousand is easy to find, but, ah, how difficult to find a general.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Only after you challenge your biases and stereotypes -- what Francis Bacon called the 'idols which beset men's minds' --can you help others do the same.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there.
Action, to be effective, must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
If money helps a man to do good to others, it is of some value , but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Just because something does n't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.
He who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality, the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor.
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of god. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should god be blamed ?
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.
I live a very dull life here, indeed I think I am more like a state prisoner than anything else.
I maintained my edge by always being a student, you will always have something new to learn.
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse , however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
We have a problem. ''Congratulations. '' But it's a tough problem. ''Then double congratulations. ''
Practice makes perfect.
Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Believe that you are bigger than your difficulties, for you are, indeed.
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us _universe_ , a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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.
You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit.
Michael, we're bigger than U.S. Steel.
Inch by inch, it's a cinch.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Woody, I know what your problem is. You're just like me. Trash !
I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me.
Let your imagination release your imprisoned possibilities.
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity , an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Every shot you don't take is a guaranteed miss.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
Don't ever give up.
Without the human community one single human being cannot survive.
To catch lots of fish, you must first go to the water. To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
Nothing is predestined The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Challenges are what make life interesting , overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Friends are made by many acts and lost by only one.
You only get out what you put in.
The life which is unexamined is not worth living
Happiness consists of a solid faith, good health, and a bad memory.
It is better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing.