Emmanuel Swedenborg
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do.
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Happiness is a state of mind.
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.
The man who fears no truths has nothing to fear from lies.
Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight ?
There are only two rules for being successful. One, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.
It's easier to remember when you are right than when the other person was right.
The show must go on.
I light my candle from their torches.
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
It takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them and a lifetime to forget them.
Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.
When one door closes another opens. But often we look so long so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.
Our furniture goes back to louis the fourteenth - unless of course we pay him before then.
You've got to ask yourself one question : Do I feel lucky ? Well, do ya, punk ?
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Your world is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind
Never give an order that can't be obeyed.
Whatever you are be a good one.
Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant ?
Whoever is open, loyal, true ; of humane and affable demeanour, honourable himself, and in his judgement of others, faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man... .such a man is a true gentleman.
The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes to get on top of things and stay there.
I think people should mate for life, like pigeons or catholics.
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Love is the only gold.
Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
No one is more definite about the solution than the one who doesn't understand the problem.
Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness , it is generally the by- product of other activities.
Gort ! Klaatu barada nikto !
Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through the snow.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
A gentle breeze blowing in the right direction is better than a pair of strong oars.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
How many doctors does it take to screw in a light bulb ? That depends on whether it has medical insurance.
The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.
Persistence is what makes the impossible possible, the possible likely, and the likely definite.
What a dump.
Whenever you find whole world against you just turn around and lead the world.
If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
To succeed... you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.
Security is a kind of death.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Can you dig it ?
Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
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.
All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune.
We aren't in an information age, we are in an entertainment age.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching.
Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental attitude.
The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
Our minds are as different as our faces we are all traveling to one destination, happiness, but few are going by the same road.
It may be all right to be content with what you have, never with what you are.
Passion is the genesis of genius.
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we can not live within.
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In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.
I make wine at home. I make it out of raisins so that it will be aged automatically.
How you react when the joke's on you can reveal your character.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
He who has great power should use it lightly.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Love is something eternal.
If I had more time, I'd write a shorter speech.
Follow your dreams.
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.
Every hand does its part to hold up the world. Every healthy individual guides his life by a selected motive which takes precedence over all the others. He is the man who maintains his integrity in the midst of change, his individuality in the face of external pressures to conform.
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
To become a leader, then, you must become yourself, become the maker of your own life.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
It's never too late.
A dream is a wish your heart makes.
The best things in life are not things.
Commit yourself to a dream nobody who tries to do something great but fails is a total failure. Why ? Because he can always rest assured that he succeeded in life's most important battle -- he defeated the fear of trying.
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts : what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Marriage is a door which looks out upon a beautiful view. As that door is opened and the horizon unfolds before you, know that nothing is sweeter than the warmth of one hand within another.
Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself.