Henri Nouwen
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
is the greatest gift of the mind , it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
Don't fear, just live right.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that !
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Success is never ending, failure is never final.
Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.
There is no point at which you can say 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.
You must tolerate that which you can not change.
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.
When people are like each other they tend to like each other.
My experience will help, but I insist and maintain that art - true art that is - cannot be handed out. Furthermore, art is never decoration or embellishment. Instead it is a constant process of maturing.
There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint you can on it.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go, some stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
They are able because they think they are able.
It is not what is poured into a student that counts but what is planted.
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope.
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too !
If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think another negative thought.
I have loved to the point of madness, that which is called madness, that which to me, is the only sensible way to love.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
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 !
Who so loves believes the impossible.
Love is not blind. It sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.
The mark of a true doctor is usually illegible.
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom ?
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not something to be waited for, but rather something to be achieved.
Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it -- immediately.
This is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.
Seduce my mind and you can have my body, find my soul and I'm yours forever.
There's no place like home.
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
Do you like scary movies ?
The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
It's a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes.
All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
It's never too late.
My love for you is a journey, starting at forever, and ending at never.
Nothing succeeds like success.
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.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
You're my Lassie come home.
As if !
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
Power is not really good or bad , it is neutral. Power itself is not negative or positive, although our feelings about it may be. Power is the potential to influence others for good or evil, to be a blessing or a scourge. Like nuclear energy, it can provide the electricity to light a city, or it can fuel the bomb that destroys it.
There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps.
You must think of failure and defeat as the spring boards to new achievements, and to the next level of accomplishment.
You are what you think about all day long.
May the Force be with you.
You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.
When we place blame, we give away our power.
Love like there is no tomorrow.
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.
Sooner or later the truth comes to light.
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today.
You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.
Love is friendship set on fire.
One of the reasons mature people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
To know me is to love me.
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.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Funny like I'm a clown ? I amuse you ?
I'm Multi-Dimensional !
Instill great values in your children today and your grandchildren will prosper tomorrow.
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
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.
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance, is a celebration of that miracle.
It's your attitude not your aptitude that determines your altitude.
If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot , but make it hot by striking.
People are like stained glass windows, they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement, nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Let us never be betrayed into saying we have finished our education because that would mean we had stopped growing.
Life is a great story. It's just that sometimes we forget we are the author and can write it however we want.
We come to beginnings only at the end.
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.
Find the good -- and praise it.
Why don't you come up sometime and see me ?
The worst part of life is waiting. The best part of life is having someone worth waiting for.
You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
There is no luck except where there is discipline.