Eli Cohen
Without continuous personal development, you are now all that you will ever become, and hell starts when the person you are meets the person you could have been.
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One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought.
Believe in yourself.
Success is predictable.
Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
Love means to love that which is unlovable, or it is no virtue at all.
Love means never having to say you're sorry.
Your self-beliefs either support or undermine you.
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.
Be the change you want to see in the world.
Shut up and deal.
If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.
Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it.
Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
Listen, I have an update from Taako Central. I've updated my list of people I trust and things I believe to no one and nothing ! Not a joke, I don't trust you, half-pint, I don't trust Jeff from Today's Special, I don't trust Barold whatever-his-name - nobody, I trust nobody.
In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.
If the student thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better student. If the lawyer thinks he is the spirit, he will be a better lawyer, and so on.
You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make.
It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.
To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says Leave no stone unturned.
Here's Johnny !
Make no mistake, my friend, it takes more than money to make men rich.
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and god will be in 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.
Life is too short to ponder the "what if's " and fear rejection.
Love is everything it's cracked up to be. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
All things come to those who wait, but when they come they're out of date.
Success is the child of audacity.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
What you are is god's gift to you, what you become is your gift to god.
Bad news, compadres, this place is magic as hell.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
This is the true joy the being used for a purpose recognized as a might one.
What you cannot enforce, Do not command.
Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Self delusion is pulling in your stomach when you step on the scales.
After all, tomorrow is another day !
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
We loved with a love that was more than love.
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
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.
Tonight's weather forecast - dark, with continued darkness until morning.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor
We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.
Don't say, "If I could, I would". Say, "If I can, I will".
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
Shane ! Shane ! Come back !
We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water.
To infinity and beyond !
A 'No' uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
Your voice makes me tremble inside and your smile is an invitation for my imagination to go wild.
It is the very essence of good leadership to give away all credit for positive achievement, to identify only team goals and always to refer to them as such.
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Work and lovethese are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be yet thankful.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Each person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.
You don't get to choose how you're going to die, only how you're going to live.
In matters of style, swim with the current. In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
The secret of success is to do common things uncommonly well.
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing.
Talent is formed in solitude, character in the bustle of the world.
What is essential is invisible to the eyes.
The beginning is the half of every action.
Dependent people need others to get what they want. Independent people can get what they want through their own efforts. Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.
If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask !
The tapas and the other hard yogas that were practiced in other yugas do not work now. What is needed in this yuga is giving, helping others. Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
The first duty of love is to listen.
Be who you are in every situation.
Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd.
"I can't do it" never accomplished anything ; "I will try" has performed miracles.
Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in.
Keep your business affairs in your own hands. It's the only way to be happy.
Don't think it, ink it.
Faith can move mountains.
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain !
When I exercise, I wear all black. Its like a funeral for my fat.
The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.