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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This is a great fact : strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal , weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
One who seeks no friends is his own enemy.
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.
It is the level-headed man, the calm man, of good judgment and cool nerves, of great sympathy and love, who does good work and so does good to himself.
Other men have seen angels, But I have seen thee, And thou art enough.
One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
You can have everything in life you want if you'll just help enough other people get what they want.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Mama says, Stupid is as stupid does.
Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.
I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.
This above all, To Thine Own Self Be True.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat.
The earth is enjoyed by heroes, this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who can not rule himself.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Success based on anything but internal fulfillment is bound to be empty. - Dr
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
It's always too soon to quit !
Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
Life does not happen to us, it happens from us.
Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.
Know thyself.
Love is patient and kind, love is not jealous or boastful, it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way, it is not irritable or resentful, it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things.
Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.
Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.
The only difference between a rut and a grave is their dimensions.
No matter how small, acknowledge the achievement.
Well, nobody's perfect.
We do our best that we know how at the moment, and if it doesn't turn out, we modify it.
I have loved to the point of madness, that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.
is a choice to focus one's being in a certain way, to bring one's faith, commitment, creativity, and love into coordination with a particular value and purpose.
Whenever I think of the past it just brings back so many memories.
How do you live ?
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never !
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.
Knowledge is proud that she knows so much , Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
What hump ?
We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams.
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.
Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners.
Smile ! and the world will smile with you !
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it, boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Why hesitate? Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached bones of countless millions, who on the threshold of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they died.
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.
Be grateful to the Man you help, think of him as god. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship god by helping our fellow men ?
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
Only those who are absolutely their true selves in this world can have pervading influence.
Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.
This one step, choosing a goal and sticking to it, changes everything.
Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.
The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so, but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.
Come live in my heart and pay no rent.
Let no one who loves be called unhappy Even love unreturned has its rainbow.
Watch people do their most common actions, these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunities.
Mr. Christian !
Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
Our intentions create our reality.
We carry the seeds of happiness with us wherever we go.
When I look around, I always learn something and that is to be always yourself. And to express yourself. To have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Start from the very root of being, which is how can I be me?
There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction.
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.
Some people dream of success while others wake up and work hard at it.
Get busy livin, or get busy dyin'.
If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask, Where have I gone wrong ? Then a voice says to me, This is going to take more than one night.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
There are two ways of meeting difficulties you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
Never lose a chance of saying a kind word.
The several tribes of indians inhabiting the regions of the upper missouri, and of whom I spoke in my last letter, are undoubtedly the finest looking, best equipped, and most beautifully costumed of any on the continent.
You talkin to me ?
No involvement, no commitment.
If you have to drive people that hard to do their job, then you've either got the wrong people, or you've got the right people doing the wrong job.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Title of newspaper article yesterday - Vandals made off with all toilet seats in the local precinct. Police have nothing to go on.
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
To love what you do and feel that it matters, how on earth could anything be more fun !
Spoken about by, radio announcer and good friend : never let a day go by that he didn't learn something new and, in turn pass it on to others. It was his consuming passion.
Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.
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.
The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
I'm here to fight for truth, justice, and the american way.
Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
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.
Whenever I get the energy to exercise, I sit down until it passes.
I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.