George Eliot
Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration ?
It is never too late to be what we might have been
What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they are joined, to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
It's never too late to be what you might have been.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
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Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, "I believe'' three times.
You become what you think about.
It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved.
We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within
Strike while the iron is hot.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
I may not be perfect, but some parts of me are excellent.
Elementary, my dear Watson.
There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated , you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
Love does not conquer all things, but it does set all things right.
Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
Sharing is the essence of teaching. It is, I have come to believe, the essence of civilizationWithout it, the imagination is but the echo of the self, trapped in a soundproof chamber, reverberating upon itself until it is spent in exhaustion or futility.
The beauties of the world are best seen by those who strive to reach them.
A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost , that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
Kindness is a language which the dumb can speak, the deaf can understand.
Honor the ocean of love.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those one has chosen to attain their full worth.
The idea of working all your life, saving, and putting money into a retirement account is a very slow plan.
Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.
We imagine that our mind in a mirror, that it is more or less accurately reflecting what is happening outside us. On the contrary, our mind itself is the principal element of creation. The world, while I am perceiving it, is being incessantly created for myself in time and space.
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.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. -
I have a head for business and a bod for sin.
There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
First comes thought, then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans, then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions.
There are two things to aim at in life , first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Love can never grow old. Locks may lose their brown and gold. Cheeks may fade and hollow grow. But the hearts that love will know, never winter's frost and chill, summer's warmth is in them still.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived'. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.
Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it
The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
I do not know how to kiss, or I would kiss you. Where do the noses go ?
Talkers are no good doers.
We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.
Every human heart is human.
I think therefore I am
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
There's no abiding success without commitment.
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
Be the ball.
The more often a man feels without acting, the less he'll be able to act. And in the long run, the less he'll be able to feel.
Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.
Did my heart love'til now ? Foreswear its sight, for I never saw true beauty'til this night.
What we hope to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus, it's simply learning to focus.
This is the people's war ! It is our war ! We are the fighters ! Fight it, then ! Fight it with all that is in us, and may god defend the right.
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
I know god will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much.
Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what ?
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
We only love truly once. It is the first time and succeeding passions are less uncontrolled.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes but don't quit.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
If it is to be it is up to me.
Advice after the mischief is like medicine after death.
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
If I am pressed to say why I loved him, I feel it can only be explained by replying. Because it was he, because it was me.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.
The more we grow in love, virtue and holiness, the more we see love, virtue and holiness outside.
Mama, face it. I was the slut of all time.
Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
One of the main reasons people are not rich is that they worry too much about things that might never happen. quotes
It not knowing what to do, it's doing what you know.
I'll be back.
I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.
How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives.
I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.
Seldom does an individual exceed his own expectations.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
To give away money is an easy matter and in any mans power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large, and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in any mans power nor an easy matter
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.